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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hubble_ultra_deep_field_high_rez_edit1.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hubble_ultra_deep_field_hi... Every light there

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hubble_ultra_deep_field_high_rez_edit1.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hubble_ultra_deep_field_hi... Every light there is a galaxy (okay Like and 7 stars). I remember seeing that photo when it came out and sort of brushing it off because it wasn't some sweeping nebula. Four years of an astrophysics degree later it nearly brought me to tears just thinking about looking at 10000 galaxies and the full weight of that sight. It's one of those things thats more powerful the more you understand it. Yeah... it kind of blows my mind.

CamperBob 16y ago
And this is the result of pointing the telescope at the darkest, loneliest spot in the sky they could find!
- Avshalom 16y ago
  It's like the total perspective vortex but some how completely backward. I remember explaining it as much as possible to my brother; he looked at it for a bit stopped and said "Well, I have to live forever now."
sliverstorm 16y ago
This one actually gives a bit of a 3rd dimension to space you don't see normally. That's really cool. Man, it looks like a mess out there.
marknutter 16y ago
I find it comforting. You look at that photo and all of a sudden your stupid problems and worries seem laughingly insignificant. It's better than religion.
endlessvoid94 16y ago
Is that photo, by any chance, the background of the COSMOS intro? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/Cosmos_a_special_edition3.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/Cosmos_a_speci...
- nobody_nowhere 16y ago
  Cosmos predates the deep field image by about 20 years... but it really captures the essence of the show pretty well.
Nick_C 16y ago
Absolutely. Here's another, more recent one from the upgraded Hubble: http://www.nickcoleman.org/blog/index.cgi/galaxygrains%212010-06-15-11-04%21astronomy%2Cscience http://www.nickcoleman.org/blog/index.cgi/galaxygrains%21201...

CamperBob 16y ago

And this is the result of pointing the telescope at the darkest, loneliest spot in the sky they could find!

Avshalom 16y ago
It's like the total perspective vortex but some how completely backward. I remember explaining it as much as possible to my brother; he looked at it for a bit stopped and said "Well, I have to live forever now."

sliverstorm 16y ago

This one actually gives a bit of a 3rd dimension to space you don't see normally. That's really cool. Man, it looks like a mess out there.

marknutter 16y ago

I find it comforting. You look at that photo and all of a sudden your stupid problems and worries seem laughingly insignificant. It's better than religion.

endlessvoid94 16y ago

Is that photo, by any chance, the background of the COSMOS intro? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/Cosmos_a_special_edition3.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/Cosmos_a_speci...

nobody_nowhere 16y ago
Cosmos predates the deep field image by about 20 years... but it really captures the essence of the show pretty well.

Nick_C 16y ago

Absolutely. Here's another, more recent one from the upgraded Hubble: http://www.nickcoleman.org/blog/index.cgi/galaxygrains%212010-06-15-11-04%21astronomy%2Cscience http://www.nickcoleman.org/blog/index.cgi/galaxygrains%21201...