17 February 2008

Some Perspective...







ANTARES IS THE 15TH BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY.
IT IS MORE THAN 1000 LIGHT YEARS AWAY.


THIS IS A HUBBLE TELESCOPE ULTRA DEEP FIELD INFRARED VIEW OF COUNTLESS
'ENTIRE' GALAXIES BILLIONS OF LIGHT-YEARS AWAY.




BELOW IS A CLOSE UP OF ONE OF THE DARKEST REGIONS OF THE PHOTO ABOVE.

2 comments:

Mary*Ann said...

Dust in the solar wind!

Anonymous said...

Amber loved this.. She was so amazed, and blown away at how small earth is. This came in handy..lol ((school project))