It’s a Beautiful Day…

By | June 20, 2007
3 Comments

…in the neighborhood.

And, yes, all those bright spots are galaxies.

galaxies.jpg

UPDATE: Hmmm…I don’t want to throw anybody off with the term “bright spots.” What I mean to say is — every single speck you see, no matter how faint, no matter how many might be piled upon one another — is a galaxy, a huge body containing anywhere from 10 million to one trillion stars.

Okay, then. Just so we’re all clear on the scale and/or scope. I figured we all were, but one can’t be too careful with these things.

  • DLittle

    The scientific and religious implications of this image and those like it are simply incomprehensible. This is a an awesome photo. Thanks for posting.

  • DougJones

    I had to dig through NASA Goddard’s site, but I found the article this came from. Alas, it’s just an artist’s concept, not an actual image.

    http:\\www.nasa.gov\centers\goddard\news\topstory\2004\0107filament.html

    (Replace the slashes with the other type to make this link work.)
    Still a cool desktop pic, though.

  • Phil Bowermaster

    Doug –

    Good call. This was posted up on Digg as a photographic image of the universe. Here’s that same link with the slashes set right:

    the link

    Though a computer artist’s illustration, this image was not created just from the artist’s imagination. There’s a lot of photographic and other data that inform what you see here.