Group Photo
Scientists have managed to get a new group photo of us all. I wonder who they got to hold the camera...
Ok, jokes aside, this artistic reconstruction of several images gives us a new look on the center of our galaxy.
My thanks go to NASA and CalTech who get this pictures and share them for free over the internet, unlike some 'science magazines' that get these free from NASA and CalTech but don't allow others to get free access to the images.
posted by DCveR at 6:42 PM
8 Comments:
very beautiful, like creamer in my coffee. Sometimes I try to imagine how I would perceive the universe if I was wandering aimlessly around in it, traveling great distances in the blink of an eye. I sure hope the afterlife is like that.
What is the big thing in the middle? Another sun? Or is me? Can't tell from this distance.
:) hardy har-har-har
There are folks who get these images free from NASA...then charge others for them?
Might as well get it straight from NASA.
I've heard that outer space is expanding. That, even with my imagination, I can't picture.
misty: Probably you'd perceive it as a big handful of nothing, being as it is mostly void. ;)
bunny jo: That bar-like feature in the center are thousands of 'suns', an amazing set of old and red stars.
GG: There are sites that let you see the low resolution images but only grant access to the full picture to those who pay subscription. Maybe not agreeing with that is one of the symptoms that I'll never get rich...
I always search for this stuff both in NASA and in ESA.
i feel very very small.
Vit: What if instead of musing how small a dot we all are in the big picture you wonder at how we are still inside something a lot bigger than our little minds and bodies? To me that feels a lot better. Otherwise I just think of us as little microbes and that is not half as nice.
Come to the Island of Hawaii in the winter and you'll see clear night skies with incredible stars and this galaxy in all its glory.
kris: Unfortunately going there is not just a question of wanting to.
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