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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SHUTUP! GOD MADE IT ALL AND WE ARE THE ONLY LIVING BEINGS.Quote:
Originally Posted by backcountry1pr
except for all the Mormon gods...that's what the first picture really is.
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
I'm sorry, your right, Ill get back to my hail marries now...Quote:
Originally Posted by RootSkier
[QUOTE=smalls;1599203]
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°
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzz
hmm i never even noticed sky mode on google earth. Thanks for the coordinates, very cool.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by smalls
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by DharmaBum
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.
I've always thought this looked like a woman... The upper portion is her head thrown way back; you see mainly her chin, nose and sweep of hair at the very top. Moving down here are breasts with VERY prominent nipples, then maybe her arm tucked along her side on viewers right?Quote:
Originally Posted by smalls
I'd think it might actually be considered "space pr0n"... Except the jagged piece of wood lodged in her chest kills it for me. Hey wait, this isn't some space rohrshack test is it? Oh oh... Where is the couch?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rideski
mimus and saturn's rings :)
http://media.npr.org/programs/atc/fe.../galaxy540.jpg
Quote:
The jet from a black hole at the center of a galaxy (lower left) strikes the edge of another galaxy (upper right), the first time such an interaction has been found. NASA/Daniel Evans
I heart this thread. Truly awesome and gorgeous pictures!
That is also one of my favorite pictures, not because it has the best image but just the sheer size of it. I think it's impossible to wrap your mind around it. You could travel for a millions of years and not make it 1/16 of the way there. I have that same picture in a huge book I bought at Borders it's like 18 x 36 and I always look at it when I am in a shitty mood cuz when you look at space you really realize how insignificant some shit is in life.Quote:
Originally Posted by nick > jesus
This is one of my favorites from the Hubble telescope. I hope they keep it going because the possibilities are staggering.
Anyone got any good Mars shots?
did you take that your self?
either way thats a super cool picture
I wish.
Its from the APOD page.
You are here........:rolleyes:
http://www.ridgeview-acres.com/globe_west_2048.jpg
This is just too perfect. Its called the Snowflake Cluster!!
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...akecluster.jpg
BTW, I'm lovin all the pics in this thread! And for the record, I'm also guilty of staring at the pic of the deep space field (the first in the thread) . I've had a copy since this summer and it never ceases to amaze me. Just like it was said before, it makes our Earthly problems seem somewhat trivial...
Unfortunately, the Hubbell won't be going for too much longer. Its batteries are dying which is effecting its ability to hold steady and to transmit pics. Soon it will be brought back to Earth and will plunge deep into the sea. It will be replaced by a new scope in 2013 with even bigger potential. Its called the James Webb Telescope, and it will collect Infrared light instead of the visible light collected by Hubbell. The really exciting thing about it is that it won't be orbiting Earth in a traditional sense. It will be over a million miles from the Earth, floating at whats called the second LaGrange point (or L2, one of 5 semi-stable points in the earth/sun system). This fixed point lies in a direct line with the Earth and Sun, meaning the Earth will provide a constant solar ecclipse in order for the telescope's view to not be harmed by our solar light pollution. Really cool concept, and should open up a whole new world of pics and discoveries of very distant (and thus very old) galaxies. Here's NASA's website about the new scope, which has some really good info.Quote:
Originally Posted by cl1953
http://jwst.gsfc.nasa.gov/
I'm kind of a nerd. Can you tell?
NASA's astronomy picture of the day link:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
and todays picture (if i can do this right) is: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ima...rs_hst_big.jpg
http://www.goingpostalt-shirts.com/S...eNebulaM16.jpg
This pic has always amazed me. The Eagle Nebula.
Pretty cool picture from France:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0801..._sallez800.jpg
Fantabulous!!!