Thursday, July 16, 2009

Picture of the day


Via the Bad Astronomy blog comes this shot of the Eagle Nebula, which at the center contains the famous Pillars of Creation. This was taken in Chile by the good people at the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere and not by those cocksuckers in the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Northern Hemisphere.

If the above picture isn't big enough for you the ESO has provided a 150mb version which you can use to zoom far enough in that you can actually see the face of God. Yes, He is pointing and laughing at us. But you knew that already.

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