Fantastic Pic's of our Universe and Beyond
One of the most identifiable nebulae in the sky, the Horsehead Nebula in Orion, is part of a large, dark, molecular cloud. Also known as Barnard 33, the unusual shape was first discovered on a photographic plate in the late 1800s.
Scattered debris from a cosmic supernova explosion lights up the sky in this gorgeous composited image based on data from the Hubble Space Telescope. Cataloged as N49, these glowing filaments of shocked gas span about 30 light-years in our neighboring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud.
This photograph of the coil-shaped Helix Nebula is one of the largest and most detailed celestial images ever made. The composite picture is a seamless blend of ultra-sharp images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope combined with the wide view of the Mosaic Camera on the National Science Foundation's 0.9-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Ariz.
Even a quiet Sun is a busy place. The above image, taken in a single color of light called Hydrogen Alpha, records a great amount of detail of the simmering surface of our parent star. The gradual darkening towards the Sun's edge, called limb darkening, is caused by increased absorption of relatively cool solar gas.
I happened across these beautiful pictures while looking for new shots of Mars. After seeing these images and the others
there I'm lost how people can still say it was all some sort of accident. How anyone can claim it was an accident and not intelligent design leaves me with little hope for humankind.
Hey baby, awsome pictures. That coil-shaped Helix Nebula...doesn't it look like a big giant blue eye just staring back at us :)
Oh, and your comment you stated in the last sentence: "How anyone can claim it was an accident....leaves me w/little hope for humankind.". Maybe God lost hope in us too and started over on another planet somewhere millions of light years away and by putting it completely out of our reach, insured him that not only will we never find it but that we wouldn't screw THAT planet up as well :) Ha, ha....I think I'm kidding:)
There is NO chance DF, think about it. You cannot recreate this "accident" therefore that theory is total wishful thinking BS.
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Yes, they are amazing, I'm almost sad I won't ever get to visit those places while in this body.
