Posted on 06/22/2008 3:52:36 PM PDT by sig226
Explanation: Big, beautiful, barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 lies some 70 million light-years away on the banks of the constellation Eridanus. This Hubble Space Telescope composite view of the gorgeous island universe is one of the largest Hubble images ever made of a complete galaxy. NGC 1300 spans over 100,000 light-years and the Hubble image reveals striking details of the galaxy's dominant central bar and majestic spiral arms. In fact, on close inspection the nucleus of this classic barred spiral itself shows a remarkable region of spiral structure about 3,000 light-years across. Unlike other spiral galaxies, including our own Milky Way, NGC 1300 is not presently known to have a massive central black hole.
Beautiful
Embryonic.
Imagine what might be going on in there ... God, I love astronomy.
The Universe is God’s pallette
Well, it's spinning around something.
Beautiful swirl of light.
Heaven is God throne and the earth is his footstool.
BUMP!
Nice
Looks like a hurricane caused by some serious global warming...
3 He heals the brokenhearted
And binds up their wounds.
4 He counts the number of the stars;
He gives names to all of them.
5 Great is our Lord and abundant in strength;
His understanding is infinite.
Psalm 147:3-5
Exactly my thought. You can see the blood vessels clearly...
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