Impressive astronomical photos of the week

The globular cluster emits a virtual blue light, while the earth and the moon are like two large bright spots at a distance of 183 million kilometers.

Earth and the moon in a photo sent by the American spacecraft MESSENGER.The ship took this picture when it was about 183 million kilometers from the globe.Photo: NASA

The giant ice sheet that separated from Greenland island on August 5 appears in a photograph sent by American Terra satellite.This ice has an area of ​​more than 260 km2.The photo was taken on August 12 . Photo: NASA

A streak of Anh Tien meteor (Perseid) flies above the Paranal Astronomical Station in Chile on August 13.Photo: ESO

A cloud of hot dust (green) surrounds the giant globular cluster called Omega Centauri.This cluster is in the Centaurus and humans can see them with the naked eye.Photo: NASA

Crowds of plankton along the Irish coast appear in bright blue in a photograph taken by the satellite.Photo: European Space Agency

While flying through Saturn's Enceladus satellite on August 13, the US Cassini spacecraft caught a crack near the south pole.Such cracks spray steam and organic matter into the universe.Photo: NASA