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The full-size image is here => http://www.cielaustral.com/galerie/photo95fb.jpg . It's 14,400 x 14,200 pixels, about 87Mb. So you'll want to have a nice fast connection before trying to download it.
1 posted on 04/15/2019 11:15:55 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

*DROPPED JAW*

Wow! Stunning!


2 posted on 04/15/2019 11:19:28 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: LibWhacker

As good as images from Hubble !

Taken by “AMATEURS”.

Magnificent and mind boggling!

Mucho thanks, bigly, for sharing this.


4 posted on 04/15/2019 11:40:40 AM PDT by ADemocratNoMore (The Fourth Estate is now the Fifth Column)
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To: SunkenCiv

Really cool ping.


5 posted on 04/15/2019 11:56:45 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: LibWhacker

I’ve seen the southern sky once. It’s a real treat for someone used to the northern sky.


6 posted on 04/15/2019 11:57:32 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: LibWhacker

At 100% image size my 24” monitor shows about 2% of the full picture area (appr. 1/7 vertical and 1/7 horizontal; 1/7 x 1/7 = 1/49 = appr. 2%, right?).

I think I need a bigger monitor.

There are a heck of a lot of stars out there. One estimate (said to be credible) I saw some time ago stated that there are about as many stars in the universe as grains of sand on all of Earth’s beaches...


8 posted on 04/15/2019 12:02:22 PM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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To: LibWhacker

I wonder what our galaxy looks like in their night sky.


11 posted on 04/15/2019 12:09:38 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: LibWhacker

What are the individual globs of light scattered throughout the picture?


14 posted on 04/15/2019 12:20:24 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: LibWhacker

It looks like something rammed its way through the middle of that galaxy and blew it apart.


15 posted on 04/15/2019 12:22:04 PM PDT by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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To: LibWhacker

Be sure to count the stars in the full image. Then realize this is just a small part of our galaxy, which itself is a small to middling size and then imaging 52 trillion more galaxies.

Of course that snapshot of the Universe is totally lifeless, without any intelligence living anywhere except in this obscure galaxy in the furthest reaches on one planet in a tiny solar system

There must be a surfeit of bridges for sale somewhere and fortunes to be made.


16 posted on 04/15/2019 12:28:47 PM PDT by PIF (They camTo think the choice came down to Gorka/Bannon oe for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: LibWhacker
Looks like a smiley face with misplaced glowing eyes.
Seriously, thank you. The Heavens is a remarkable place and photos are always welcomed.

Our Fascinating Universe

19 posted on 04/15/2019 1:09:29 PM PDT by V K Lee ("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
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To: LibWhacker

ping


23 posted on 04/15/2019 1:38:37 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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In the darkest region of the picture, there are stars packed from one side of the screen to the other. Literally stars and galaxies as far as anyone’s eyes can see.


29 posted on 04/15/2019 7:15:37 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
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