Gallery: WIRED Space Photo of the Day for October 2014

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    <a href="http://www.chandra.si.edu/press/14_releases/press_102714.html">NASA/CXC/Stanford/I.Zhuravleva et al</a>
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    October 31, 2014: Perseus in purple
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    <a href="http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2014/43/image/a/">NASA, ESA, M. Montes (IAC), and J. Lotz, M. Mountain, A. Koekemoer, and the HFF Team (STScI)</a>
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    October 30, 2014: Pandora's Cluster
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    <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/content/sunrise-from-the-international-space-station/#.VFE3bovF-v1">NASA/Reid Wiseman</a>
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    October 29, 2014: Sunrise From the ISS
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    <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/here-s-looking-at-you-spooky-shadow-gives-jupiter-a-giant-eye/#.VFE2h4vF-v1">NASA/ESA/A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center)</a>
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    October 28, 2014: Jupiter's Spooky Eye Is Watching You
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    <a href="http://skycenter.arizona.edu/gallery/Nebulae/NGC7293">Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona</a>
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    October 27, 2014: The Helix Nebula
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    <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/wise/pia18848/#.VEmOFIvF-v0">X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech</a>
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    Six images that combine Chandra data with those from other telescopes.

    October 26, 2014: Illusions in the Cosmic Clouds
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    <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/content/extreme-ultraviolet-image-of-a-significant-solar-flare/#.VEmRn4vF-v0"> NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory</a>
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    October 25, 2014: Big Solar Flare in Extreme UV
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    <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/hubble-sees-turquoise-tinted-plumes-in-large-magellanic-cloud/#.VEmQIYvF-v0">ESA/Hubble & NASA: acknowledgement: Josh Barrington</a>
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    Turquoise-tinted plumes in the Large Magellanic Cloud

    October 24, 2014: Turquoise-Tinted Plumes in Large Magellanic Cloud
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    <a href="http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_037494_1685">NASA/JPL/University of Arizona</a>
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    October 23, 2014: Melas Chasma
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    <a href="http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2014/45/image/a/">NASA, ESA, J.-Y. Li (PSI), C.M. Lisse (JHU/APL), and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)</a>
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    October 22, 2014: Mars and Comet Siding Spring
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    <a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/imagedetails/index.cfm?imageId=5103">NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute</a>
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    October 21, 2014: Mini Moons
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    <a href="http://skycenter.arizona.edu/gallery/Galaxies/NGC90">Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona</a>
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    October 20, 2014: Countless Galaxies
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    <a href="http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_037551_2540">NASA/JPL/University of Arizona</a>
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    October 19, 2014: Perennial Frost on Mars
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    <a href="http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2014/10/Butterfly_death_throes">NASA/ESA/Hubble SM4 ERO Team</a>
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    October 18, 2014: Butterfly Nebula's Death Throes
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    <a href="http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2014/10/Rosetta_mission_selfie_at_16_km">ESA/Rosetta/Philae/CIVA</a>
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    October 17, 2014: Rosetta Mission Selfie
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    <a href="http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2014/39/">NASA, ESA, A. Zitrin (California Institute of Technology), and J. Lotz, M. Mountain, A. Koekemoer, and the HFF Team (STScI)</a>
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    October 16, 2014: Extremely Distant Galaxy
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    <a href="http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=NRB_466479262EDR_F0430000NCAM00285M_&s=777">NASA/JPL-Caltech </a>
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    October 15, 2014: Beautiful Dunes and Ripples on Mars
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    <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/cassini/pia18284/#.VD2ZANR4of8">NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute</a>
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    October 14, 2014: Ring Bling
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    <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/october/nasa-mission-finds-widespread-evidence-of-young-lunar-volcanism/#.VDv9D9R4of9">NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University</a>
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    October 13, 2014: Young Volcanism on the Moon
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    <a href=http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2014/10/The_most_amazing_thing">ESA/NASA</a>
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    October 12, 2014: The Most Amazing Thing This Man Has Ever Done
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    <a href="http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_037070_1985">NASA/JPL/University of Arizona</a>
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    October 11, 2014: Possible Future Mars Landing Site
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    <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/hubble-catches-a-dusty-spiral-in-virgo/#.VDgufNR4of9">ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Nick Rose</a>
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    A dusty spiral in Virgo

    October 10, 2014: Dusty Spiral in Virgo
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    <a href="http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2014/10/Tracing_Lutetia_s_grooves">ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA</a>
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    October 9, 2014: Comet Lutetia's Lines
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    <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/content/astronaut-reid-wiseman-on-the-first-spacewalk-of-expedition-41/#.VDVtVdTF_t5">NASA/ESA/Alexander Gerst</a>
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    October 8, 2014: Spacewalk
  • October 7 2014 Saturn's Wavy Polar Jet Stream
    <a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/imagedetails/index.cfm?imageId=5101">NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute</a>
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    October 7, 2014: Saturn's Wavy Polar Jet Stream
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    <a href="http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2007/02/Craters_on_the_edge">ESA/SMART-1/AMIE camera team/Space Exploration Institute</a>
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    October 6, 2014: Luna Incognita
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    <a href="http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_028575_1890">NASA/JPL/University of Arizona</a>
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    October 5, 2014: Migrating Martian Dunes
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    <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/content/milky-way-viewed-from-the-international-space-station/#.VCx0OildXt4">NASA/Reid Wiseman</a>
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    October 4, 2014: Astronaut's Eye View of the Milky Way
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    <a href="http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/10/02/cometwatch-26-km-on-26-september/">ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM</a>
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    October 3, 2014: Rosetta Comet Fires Its Jets
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    <a href="http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1430/">ESO</a>
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    The Wild Duck Cluster

    October 2, 2014: The Wild Duck Cluster
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    <a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=pia18431">NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI/University of Arizona/SSI/Leiden Observatory and SRON</a>
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    October 1, 2014: Polar Vortex on Titan
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