Posted on 03/14/2016 12:38:08 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Sometimes even the dark dust of interstellar space has a serene beauty. One such place occurs toward the constellation of Taurus. The filaments featured here can be found on the sky between the Pleiades star cluster and the California Nebula. This dust is not known not for its bright glow but for its absorption and opaqueness. Several bright stars are visible with their blue light seen reflecting off the brown dust. Other stars appear unusually red as their light barely peaks through a column of dark dust, with red the color that remains after the blue is scattered away. Yet other stars are behind dust pillars so thick they are not visible here. Although appearing serene, the scene is actually an ongoing loop of tumult and rebirth. This is because massive enough knots of gas and dust will gravitationally collapse to form new stars -- stars that both create new dust in their atmospheres and destroy old dust with their energetic light and winds.
[Image Processing & Copyright: Oliver Czernetz; Data: Digitized Sky Survey (POSS-II)]
With the wretched state of our current politics, I love the occasional reminder of how insignificant and temporary we are.
The Big One
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I'm convinced that the term "dismal science" for economics was invented by a politician as a PR move.
It's good knowing how insignificant and temporary Obama, Hillary and some of the other corrupt politician are , namely all of them except Trump who is the only non-owned one.
Amen
I beg to differ. We are quite significant. The God who created all of this, believes you to be significant.
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