{"id":5519,"date":"2013-12-03T06:02:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T06:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5519"},"modified":"2013-12-03T06:02:16","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T06:02:16","slug":"space-advent-calendars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5519","title":{"rendered":"Space Advent Calendars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out these two holiday season advent calendars. They both will display a beautiful new space picture for each day till Christmas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/infocus\/2013\/12\/2013-hubble-space-telescope-advent-calendar\/100637\/\" target=\"_d\">2013 Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar &#8211; In Focus\/The Atlantic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.nbcnews.com\/holiday-calendar\" target=\"_d\">2013 Holiday Calendar &#8211; PhotoBlog\/MSNBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>First day of The Atlantic calendar:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/infocus\/2013\/12\/2013-hubble-space-telescope-advent-calendar\/100637\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/static\/infocus\/hubble120113\/s_h01_hs201313.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"313\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This year&#8217;s first image: A composite image of visible-light observations by<br \/>\nNASA&#8217;s Hubble Space Telescope, combined with infrared data from<br \/>\nthe ground-based Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona to assemble a<br \/>\ndramatic view of the well-known Ring Nebula&#8230;.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/infocus\/2013\/12\/2013-hubble-space-telescope-advent-calendar\/100637\/\" target=\"_blank\">continue<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2013\/12\/01\/21706406-holiday-calendar-farewell-earth-hello-mars?lite\" target=\"_blank\">First day of the PhotoBlog\/MSNBC calendar<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2013\/12\/01\/21706406-holiday-calendar-farewell-earth-hello-mars?lite\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" id=\"boyleE1FD0843-3117-A593-E735-2552C08F70E8.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/m.static.newsvine.com\/servista\/imagesizer?file=boyleE1FD0843-3117-A593-E735-2552C08F70E8.jpg&amp;width=900\" width=\"486\" height=\"449\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Mars Color Camera for India&#8217;s Mars Orbiter Mission, also known as Mangalyaan,<br \/>\ncaptures an image of Africa, Arabia, India and other parts of Asia on Nov. 19<br \/>\nduring its Earth-orbiting phase, from an altitude of<br \/>\nalmost 43,500 miles (70,000 kilometers).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out these two holiday season advent calendars. They both will display a beautiful new space picture for each day till Christmas: 2013 Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar &#8211; In Focus\/The Atlantic 2013 Holiday Calendar &#8211; PhotoBlog\/MSNBC First day of The Atlantic calendar: This year&#8217;s first image: A composite image of visible-light observations by NASA&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5519\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space Advent Calendars<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-multiple-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1r1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3197,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3197","url_meta":{"origin":5519,"position":0},"title":"Comet ISON moves in sight of Hubble","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Hubble telescope captures a sequence of images of Comet ISON as moves towards the sun: Comet ISON Brings Holiday Fireworks\u00a0 This July Fourth the solar system is showing off some fireworks of its own. 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