These images are absolutely beautiful.
What an amazing universe we live in. posted by cows of industry at 8:37 AM on April 25, 2005
So, can *you* tell the difference between "real" and "CG"? :-)
Some of these are amazing - I recall looking through the Hubble pix ages ago, but forgot how good some of them are.
And seanyboy - good call! :-) posted by Chunder at 8:37 AM on April 25, 2005
Happy birthday Hubble! You're my favorite kid!!!! I'm glad the glasses we gave you fixed your vision problem. You see great. Thanks for sharing all your visions with us. posted by WolfDaddy at 9:17 AM on April 25, 2005
The early Hubble pics completely changed the way I visualized space. I woke my mother at 4 am (she had to work that day, too) to look at them. 15 years later, they still blow my mind.
At first, Hubble was a laughingstock. Now, we take it for granted, and the politicians want to kill it. posted by QIbHom at 9:27 AM on April 25, 2005
It's too bad that this telescope is slated to die.
But at least we are going to put a Man on Mars!
(Which of the two is more important?) posted by Balisong at 9:31 AM on April 25, 2005
Technology (scientific imaging) allows to take images from the macrocosm (space) and images from the microcosm (infinitely small). Those images are giving us a description of reality that our eyes could not envision a few years earlier.
I think that scientific imaging is bringing about a revolution in the visual arts and by the same token shaping the worldview of our postmodern world.
I'd like to call attention in particular to HubbleSite's wallpapers. Some beautiful pics there. My current wallpaper is the Sombrero Galaxy (M104) but I've used a couple others from the site before. posted by Kosh at 11:59 AM on April 25, 2005
« Older Shut down the computer, turn off the cell, kick ba... | If you own... Newer »
This thread has been archived and is closed to new comments
posted by TonyRobots at 8:05 AM on April 25, 2005