There is some seriously cool stuff out there
In this photo there is 10,00 separate galaxies, and the picture represents just a fraction of the sky
http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2.../large_web.jpg
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There is some seriously cool stuff out there
In this photo there is 10,00 separate galaxies, and the picture represents just a fraction of the sky
http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2.../large_web.jpg
And in that seemingly empty space there are galaxies you cant see because the light hasnt gotten to us yet
And each one of those tiny dots (the real small ones) represents another picture just like this one...pretty freaky
That image blew me away when I saw it first a few years ago.
If you have Google Earth, try the new Sky feature. You can navigate around the night sky and zoom in on spectacular views like this (and the one above):
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...9&d=1188416586
I feel pretty small now!
Astronomy Picture of the Day:
Kind of a cool horizon to horizon photo
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ima...veder800px.jpg
Santa has a lot of ground to cover
Saw this on another forum and laughed.
Carl Sagan Says:
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/6124/saganbp2.jpg
And for good measure:
Hubble Gallery
I <3 this thread, nice concept.
We are not alone...
I just never tire of looking at these pics.
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Although the fact that you can't type "thread" right is sign that you never should have typed it at all.
crab nebula
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/200...rab_hubble.jpg
keyhole nebula
http://www.godandscience.org/images/keyholenebula.jpg
nebula ngc6751
http://www.godandscience.org/images/ngc6751.jpg
horsehead nebula
http://www.godandscience.org/images/horseheadnebula.jpg
catseye nebula
http://www.godandscience.org/images/catseye.jpg
eagle nebula
http://www.godandscience.org/images/...ebulaclose.jpg
supernova
http://www.godandscience.org/images/...nantlmcn49.jpg
magellenic cloud
http://www.godandscience.org/images/...leniccloud.jpg
swan nebula
http://www.godandscience.org/images/swannebulam-17.jpg
and probably my personal favorite, monocerotis:
http://www.paulruffle.com/images/V838-Mon.jpg
space debris:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/sc...=1&oref=slogin
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http://www.godandscience.org/images/keyholenebula.jpg
Space is giving me the finger.... (upper left)
If you have Google Earth, turn on the Sky layer, plug in these coordinates and zoom in:
-59.6031°, -18.9406°
-13.8052°, 94.7608°
41.1192°, -169.425°
-29.2049°, 89.747°
-63.3455°, -5.40942°
-27.9423°, -126.828°
-27.7921°, -126.839°
-43.0186°, 21.3723°
15.8184°, 5.73902°
-2.32841°, -94.7939°
-5.40571°, -96.1582°
47.2088°, 22.4693°
Those shuttle/space station shots are cool! Can you imagine being outside the shuttle, above the planet like that? Unreal.
There has to be snow out there somewhere. lovin the this thread.
A couple seasons ago I banked a sweet pillow line down The Eagle. Drop in from the tip of the triangle at top center, then it's like three big airs nearly straight down. Make sure to cut hard to skier's left as you hit the big pillow with the nub jutting out. Air it out there one last time, and it's a pretty mellow cruise after that.
I'll post the vid if I can find it.
Seriously... amazing experience, I'm sure. There's a great movie called, "The Dream is Alive." The Smithsonian Institute Air and Space Museum had it in the Imax theater which made it all the more amazing.
PS- Imagine some of the lines that exist on some of these other planets... with half the gravity, too!
EDIT: Just saw the "Dream is Alive" video advertised at Best Buy. Might be a good gift?
MtnJam's source is a Daily Space Picture courtesy of NASA.
I used to look at it every day but forgot about it.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0712...gs_cassini.jpg
^GGD! That's so f'n surreal and unworldly.
APOD is my homepage. Sometimes I'll stay up until 2 just to see it change to the next day's picture.