A while back, I posted a link to The Big Picture’s Hubble Advent calendar.
Well, it’s complete, and now you can peruse the whole thing. It’s SFW but NSF dialup! Those pictures are mighty big. Hence the name.
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December 28th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
TBP/Boston Globe has done some incredible work with their photographers this year. Reminds me of what Life Magazine used to do with the phenomenal photojournalism they used to produce.
December 28th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Er…Phil, you’ve misspelt “Hubble”.
December 28th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
As I said before, they’re great images, and kudos to the Boston Globe for celebrating science etc, but “big” they’re not. At less than 1000 pixels wide and 100-200kB these are “medium sized” on any modern computer.
December 28th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
And agian completely from left field our old troll TRUECHRISTIAN.
December 28th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Please note that I mark troll messages as spam. Commenting on them leaves an odd message hanging…
December 28th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Noted.
December 28th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
I’m glad to see my favorite there, the Cat’s Eye Nebula! I have it as the wallpaper on my Mac. It’s an image that just keeps on giving!
December 28th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
These images are truly awe inspiring. As I look at those distant galaxies, I cannot help but wonder if there are other “Hubble Telescopes” orbiting worlds in those galaxies, looking at an image of the Milky Way, and wondering if there is some planet with someone looking back at them…
December 28th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
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December 28th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
It doesn’t get any better than that for astronomy geeks. Awesome stuff.
December 28th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
That Hubble Ultra Deep Field image continues to just completely boggle my mind.
December 29th, 2008 at 2:25 am
The Big Picture is a great site. If you’re looking for other sites with similar “Big Pictures” check out http://www.sacbee.com/theframe.
December 29th, 2008 at 5:37 am
Love those photo’s, love the colliding galaxies especially.
December 29th, 2008 at 6:39 am
Ah, sweet, sweet astronomy pictures. I gaze longingly at you all day long!
December 29th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Another set of amazing pictures from Hubble. I can’t wait to see what kind of pics the J. Webb Space Telescope takes, assuming of course that it ever launches….
December 29th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Those pictures were so amazing.
The beauty, the size, the scope.
All stunning.
…and I was able to read 4 whole comments before someone blathered something about God and the whole “discussion” devolved into the same old blah blah blah.
sigh.
December 29th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Since prayer never seems to be answered in a positive fashion, I decided to bet on black, pray for the green to be hit, then doubled my bet on every loss,,,unfortunately, with a house single bet limit of $500.00(the usual limit in Vegas), a single run of 10 hits on red left me with NO MONEY,,,
,,,probability, she’s a fickle,,,female dog,,,
Gary 7
December 30th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
one last thing, since you are totally ignorant of any sort of logic terms please do yourself a favor and get a logic book or go to wiki and look up some terms. I mean, damn you actually said an ad hominem insult HAHAHAHA
Do you know what a tautology is? Or is that above your IQ level? And no, I am not whoever said to you tautology before so please, no more red herrings. But as a I was saying look up what a tautology is. Good night