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I challenge any good nerd to spend more than 30 seconds looking at this image without feeling deep awe. One of the best. Thanks for putting this viewer togethe

by nlh 13y ago

I challenge any good nerd to spend more than 30 seconds looking at this image without feeling deep awe. One of the best. Thanks for putting this viewer together!

parksy 13y ago
Thanks! I just explained this viewer to someone who was unimpressed because they thought it was just a picture of some stars... The expression changed from boredom to astonishment pretty quickly. I'm just compiling the Carinae nebula by the way... This one here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eta_Carinae_Nebula_1.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eta_Carinae_Nebula_1.... except the 400+ Mb raw tiff version. It should be ready in about 20 minutes or so if you're interested.
coldcode 13y ago
Looking at this always makes me wonder if there are a billion people looking at us the same way from their "side" of the picture.
- exit 13y ago
  hopefully not. life and suffering are inseparable.
- elwell 13y ago
  Unlikely at least at this point in time relative to us. In the point in time that is at their location perhaps.
PhantomGremlin 13y ago
I love the image so much that it's been my desktop wallpaper for years. The Hubble Extreme Deep Field is the successor image. But I've stuck with the HUDF because whoever uploaded it to Wikipedia (where I grabbed it from) did a little tweak to get a better (darker) black level than the NASA original. The modified image isn't as "authentic" as what NASA released, but IMO it makes for better wallpaper.