20.2.07

Helix Nebula


When I see a photo like this I think that it is beautiful. Not just the image but the wonder of it in the universe and the technology that is capable of capturing it! If you understand the origins of such phenomenon you realize that it is so imensely far away that it's reality existed long ago, millenia back in time. It's like a giant eye from the the past looking forward at us!

3 comments:

Candy Minx said...

It is like a giant eye isn't it? I love these photos...I think I have a screen saver like this somewhere...and there are so many awesome astronomical photo sites online now aren't there?

This kind of image and the notes you posted always make me feel happy and humble and they are so bloody thought provoking...like the dea that 2 percent of the snow on our tv screens is left over from the big bang...whoa dude....

Timmer said...

Tv snow! That's cool!

Anonymous said...

the eye of mordor is watching, tim