[HOLY S**T!] The Awesome Machinery of Nature

[Mares]

The Crab Nebula, the result of a supernova noted by Earth-bound chroniclers in 1054 A.D., is filled with mysterious filaments that are are not only tremendously complex, but appear to have less mass than expelled in the original supernova and a higher speed than expected from a free explosion. The Crab Nebula spans about 10 light-years. In the nebula's very center lies a pulsar: a neutron star as massive as the Sun but with only the size of a small town. The Crab Pulsar rotates about 30 times each second.

[Mares]

want moar!!

ant nebula


galaxies collide


sombrerro galaxy


Orion

[Mares]

The cat's eye

[2501]

It's incredible how much for granted humans take the universe. We are but an irrelevant spec to the grand scheme of things. The concept of infinity is a very scary thing to me.

[Mares]

It's incredible how much for granted humans take the universe. We are but an irrelevant spec to the grand scheme of things. The concept of infinity is a very scary thing to me.

well u can always revert to earth scale

this is the awesome machinery of nature earth scale

[TheJoker]

We wish to pursue the truth, no matter where it leads, but to find the truth we need imagination and skepticism, both. We will not be afraid to speculate, but we will be careful to distinguish speculation from fact. The cosmos is full beyond measure of elegant truths, of exquisite interrelationships, of the awesome machinery of Nature.-Carl Sagan.



Infrared picture, we don't even appreciate the things we can't detect with our limited spectrum of vision.

[Konstantin]

A pretty cool thread similar to this has been done, you should check it out:

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...e+cloud+nebula

[The Scientist]

Infrared picture, we don't even appreciate the things we can't detect with our limited spectrum of vision.

This would look great in a frame.

I see two things. A cosmic sprinter closing in on the finish line, and a type of pokemon.