The sky on
your birthday.
“All the Water on Planet Earth” is copyrighted by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteDespite Earth's surface being 70 percent covered by oceans, the actual volume of water is small compared to the planet's size. If all the water on or near Earth's surface were collected into a single sphere, its radius would be only about 700 kilometers. This is less than half the radius of Earth's Moon. This illustration helps visualize the relative scarcity of water on our planet.
The Sun on 15 May 2012
NASA SDO took this picture on 15 May 2012, the day itself, not a release date.
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The Earth on your day The Earth on 15 May 2012 · Colorado Plateau See it as a poster -
Released on 15 May 2007 Dark matter ring in galaxy cluster Cl 0024+17 (ZwCl 0024+1652) See it as a poster -
Released on 15 May 2017 Crab on LCD See it as a poster -
Released on 15 May 2017 Very Large Array (radio) Image of the Crab Nebula See it as a poster -
Released on 15 May 2017 Spitzer Space Telescope (infrared) Image of the Crab Nebula See it as a poster -
Released on 15 May 2017 Hubble Space Telescope (visible) Image of the Crab Nebula See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 15 MAY 2012 falls under Taurus (♉). The sign's window runs from 04-20 through 05-20. Taurus holds the Pleiades star cluster and Aldebaran, the red giant that marks the eye of the Bull. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 15 MAY 2012.
Questions about May 15, 2012
What space photo was released on May 15, 2012?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for May 15, 2012 was "All the Water on Planet Earth". It's a photographer's copyrighted image, so we link to it on NASA's site and show the Sun or the Earth that day instead.
What was the Moon's phase on May 15, 2012?
A waning crescent moon, about 30% lit.
What day of the week was May 15, 2012?
May 15, 2012 was a Tuesday, day 136 of the 366 days in 2012.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on May 15, 2012?
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory photographed the Sun that day, and NASA's Terra satellite photographed the whole Earth. Both are on this page, next to the card.
Is it free?
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