Freedom,out of the cage....

Freedom,out of the cage......
Who does not want that.......
But what, after the exit from the cage
whether there would be a bigger cage......

spacecraft, Kepler

Spectators watch the launch of NASA's planet-hunting spacecraft, Kepler Friday, March 6, 2009, from Cocoa Beach, Fla. Kepler, named after the German 17th century astrophysicist, set off on its unprecedented mission at 10:49 p.m,thundering into a clear sky embellished by a waxing moon

Kepler Spacecraft

NASA's first mission capable of finding Earth-size and smaller planets around other stars

The United States has launched a space telescope whose three-year mission is to find Earth-like planets in the Milky Way.

The centuries-old quest for other worlds like our Earth has been rejuvenated by the intense excitement and popular interest surrounding the discovery of hundreds of planets orbiting other stars.

There is now clear evidence for substantial numbers of three types of exoplanets;gas giants, hot-super-Earths in short period orbits, and ice giants. The following websites are tracking the day-by-day increase in new discoveries and are providing information on the characteristics of the planets

dress rehearsal to celebrate

The Otgonsetseg quartet performs during a dress rehearsal to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the Great Circus of Budapest February 26,2009.

REUTERS/Karoly Arvai (HUNGARY)

international ice sculpture festival

People take a picture during international ice sculpture festival "Galaxy of Love" in Jelgava,about 45 km (28miles) from capital Riga,February 14, 2009.
REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LATVIA)

Dogs Show time!

Show time!:Dogs are exhibited at the four-day Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham in central England.

(AFP/Ian Kington)

Rain clouds hang over the West Los Angeles area February 13, 2009

Rain clouds hang over the West Los Angeles area February 13, 2009. With a recent flurry of winter storms doing little to dampen California's latest drought, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the nation's biggest public utility, voted on February 17, 2009 to impose water rationing in Los Angeles for the first time in nearly two decades.
Photo taken February 13, 2009 REUTERS/Sam Mircovich (UNITED STATES)

drop of water

the world in a drop of water.....

water droplet

Water droplet......

water droplet with fall reflection

water droplet with fall reflection......