I admit I am a total Astronomy Buff, have been my whole life.

Here are a few of my favorite sites on the web worth exploring:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
great archive of everything you can think of space related, Hi-res pics Hubble pics.


http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/

on this link click on gateway to the earth.

While posting links, check this out about puget sound:

http://apps.ecy.wa.gov/shorephotos/index.html
Hi-res pics of all shoreline in wa state
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