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The outtermost regions in space are invigorating.
By: Jeremy (Lirk)
5/7
New Pictures have added great splendor to my little life here on earth. These pictures can be found through out the nasa.gov website, but here is the super cool link that will keep you in absolute AWE for weeks-
http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pictures.html
There are also other cool ass Hubble space pic links that you can get to from this site.
It's very intriguing to see how vast space is. One thing that I have learned while being couped down here on Earth is that our minds have already touched the ends of the furthest galaxies. Its our bodies that will stay down here on earth. Some nights while falling asleep I try to fathom the stars of the the visible universe, but I find that you really cannot fathom something that is almost- infathomamable, (like G.W. Bush would say)but you know what I mean, You have to look at the pictures that the hubble has taken to understand what I mean. You also have to like space, I guess, a little to.
Below is just a glimpse of what you will be able to see as you tour the hubble space site. The first pic below is one of my favorites. This is a ghostly apparition that is actaully an interstellar cloud caught in the process of destruction by strong radiation from a nearby hot star. This haunting picture, snapped by the Hubble telescope, shows a cloud illuminated by light from the bright star Merope. Located in the Pleiades star cluster, the cloud is called IC 349 or Barnard's Merope Nebula.
The second image is the horsehead nebulae!!!!!!!!!!Rising from a sea of dust and gas like a giant seahorse, the Horsehead nebula is one of the most photographed objects in the sky. The Hubble telescope took a close-up look at this heavenly icon, revealing the cloud's intricate structure. This detailed view of the horse's head is being released to celebrate the orbiting observatory's eleventh anniversary.
Horse Head's RULE!!!!If you like what you see, email lirk. We are fans of strange phenom.
Well, it seems all is at rest in the heavans. Unfortunately, life here on earth cannot be as beautiful as the dark bliss that we call the universe. In fact , when all is said and done, I believe our minds will be the things holding the universe together.
"Scientists can tell us all about the galaxies and stars, but what they cannot tell us, is how dark matter has been holding together the universe for billions of years."
-Fr. Jeff
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