It was taken by the Hubble Telescope dont remember what it is called.
2007-08-11 19:36:15 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/skyimage_1959_234714
2007-08-11 19:36:27 · update #1
yes very beautiful pic
2007-08-11 19:40:43 · update #2
Makes me think we need to stop dragging our feet and get serious about funding our space program.
incredibly beautiful pic.
2007-08-11 19:39:39 · answer #1 · answered by rushmore223 5 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Pictures like that have been ruined for me because my astronomy professor, who worked at NASA for a long time, told my class once that most of those pictures are doctored to be more colorful, though probably to show depth and not just for the sake of being pretty. And then the ones that aren't doctored are usually photographed in X-ray or one of the other non-visible wavelengths, so if you were to see it in person, it wouldn't be near that pretty, sadly.
2007-08-11 19:44:18 · answer #2 · answered by Zac 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is a region of the Eagle Nebula (M16), which has been nicknamed 'The Pillars of Creation'. It is an image of a 'stellar nursery'... a region of gas and dust tens of light-years in size, in which new stars and solar systems are being born. The longest 'pillar' is about 4 light-years in length.
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2007-08-11 20:04:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christopher says a wolf, but I thought it looked like Ferdinand the Bull out of the Bugs Bunny cartoon
2007-08-11 19:46:10 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That may be the Horse Head Nebula from an angle I've never seen a photo taken from before. Probably isn't, though.
2007-08-11 19:42:28 · answer #5 · answered by Satan's Own™ 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's called the Omega Nebula yes it is a beautiful picture..
It makes me think of a storm tossed ocean at sunset..
http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2003/13/images/a/formats/web_print.jpg
2007-08-11 19:45:56 · answer #6 · answered by Diane (PFLAG) 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Reminds me I need to fix the lens of me scope as I am going out to the desert to watch the meteor shower tomorrow, and perhaps some various and sundry heavenly bodies... Yup with muh wife.
2007-08-11 19:39:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't think it means much....but I thought that vague shadow kinda looked like either the grim reaper, or the dementors for all of you Harry Potter Fans;)
2007-08-11 19:43:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Looks like an Aurora Borealis...
2007-08-11 19:41:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Looks like a camels head.
2007-08-11 19:48:04 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Looks like part of the Eagle Nebula - cool picture:)
2007-08-11 19:41:45 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋