Epic Space photos!!!

Have you visited this site? apod.nasa.gov...
It's pretty AWESOME, and it's official. If you want Hi Res photos of nebulas, stars, galaxies, auroras, or anything related to space, this is the site for YOU!

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Star and flagged. It's mind boggling to think that these images are "normal", that they're right out there. That they're part of every day life.

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Stunning!! Thank you.

The big one you posted actually looks like a picture I just painted.

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I know right! People talk about pointless stuff all the time but we are such a small part of LIFE. Now some photos on the site are in different sprectrums of light, but the descriptions tell you everything.

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Oh wow! I'd love to see your painting, if you could post it.

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I love pictures of space, thank you!

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No problem. I'm just spreading the LOVE.

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I would love to see your painting too!!!!!

Told you guys! The sky is NOT the limit! It is so beautiful, so amazing, makes me want to cry. Hope this is not off topic, but sure confirms my deep belief in a Devine Creator.

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Well, it's not as good as the real thing but..



The stars glow in the dark and the clouds are gold, silver, bronze, and black metallic paints.

(few other shots) s1183.photobucket.com...

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Oh wow! That does look cool, and trippy!
I'm really diggin the purple one. I can picture them in the dark. Nice!

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Thanks )))

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Interesting textural quality. I'm supposed to get back to oil on canvas as I have a couple of commitments, and I would like the paint texture to be part of them. Pretty cool.

Are the paintings on the link you provided mixed media? I'd be interested of what if they are, thanks.

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I'll u2u... you since I'm getting us off topic from the gorgeous deep space pics.

Great site. That gives me a whole lotta choices for my desktop background now.

I always have some space image for it.

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My brother asked me to help him finish building a ten inch alt-az telescope and I enjoyed the mechanics but had no interest in the finished product. He invited me over for dinner one evening and wanted me to see what his finished telescope could do. I was thinking, "Yawn. moon craters, rings of Saturn and bands of Jupiter, big deal."

The moon was setting and he made no effort to look at it, which I found odd. Then he drew me over to the eye-piece-- showed me the Orion Nebula. It was like seeing something God had painted and placed in the sky just to show it off. I was awestruck.

These great high-tech images we have now do not at all diminish the awe of seeing it through an amateur's earth-bound instrument-- in black and white. Still, these shots are like great art in their own right. Thanks.

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Excellent..Thank you so much

hope the link works......check it out...hubblesite.org...

Originally posted by eeks4
hope the link works......check it out...hubblesite.org...

..Picture of a string of cosmic pearls surrounds an exploding star

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Antennae Galaxies...Cool Picture..science.nationalgeographic.com...