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Post number 16762

homunculus — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 12:06:05 -0800

The first images from the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope have been unveiled.

By: inpHilltr8r

inpHilltr8r — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 12:07:00 -0800

Ahh, I wondered why the site had gone down. Everyone's grabbing themselves a new desktop...;)

By: badstone

badstone — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 12:26:04 -0800

A benevolent slashdotter mirrored the new pics. Unfortunately they're low res jpegs. Hopefully we'll be able to get the real deal soon...

By: donkeyschlong

donkeyschlong — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 12:39:46 -0800

Stunning.

By: monkeyJuice

monkeyJuice — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 12:45:10 -0800

new images of where i want to live.... thats got to be a new wallpaper for me then!!! - quality link noice won!!!

By: holycola

holycola — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 13:05:24 -0800

Great stuff - thanks homunculus.

By: SisterHavana

SisterHavana — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 13:06:54 -0800

Wow...those are amazing pictures.

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:19:15 -0800

There's only so much cosmic beauty I can take. Every time I look up at the nighttime sky, I feel both invited and chided by God. Great link. Thanks.

By: owillis

owillis — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:24:50 -0800

"Krepron-9, you've done it again. Those paintings of yours you keep holding up to that silly earth-telescope have fooled the silly two-legged O-2 breathers yet again. Slap tentacles with me, man!" Take it to PanGalaticGargleTalk...

By: badstone

badstone — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 16:29:55 -0800

ah - you can get full res pics here, but the server's pretty hit right now...

By: darukaru

darukaru — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 20:06:41 -0800

Beautiful. The full-res version of the 'pinwheel firework' galaxy is my new wallpaper, suitably cropped.