Posted on 12/10/2020 3:35:53 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: It's easy to get lost following the intricate looping filaments in this detailed image of supernova remnant Simeis 147. Also cataloged as Sharpless 2-240 it goes by the popular nickname, the Spaghetti Nebula. Seen toward the boundary of the constellations Taurus and Auriga, it covers nearly 3 degrees or 6 full moons on the sky. That's about 150 light-years at the stellar debris cloud's estimated distance of 3,000 light-years. This composite includes image data taken through narrow-band filters where reddish emission from ionized hydrogen atoms and doubly ionized oxygen atoms in faint blue-green hues trace the shocked, glowing gas. The supernova remnant has an estimated age of about 40,000 years, meaning light from the massive stellar explosion first reached Earth 40,000 years ago. But the expanding remnant is not the only aftermath. The cosmic catastrophe also left behind a spinning neutron star or pulsar, all that remains of the original star's core.
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Someone orbiting one of those distant suns is saying “No, you’re right. No signs of intelligent life on that planet Earth. Had they been more advanced they would have increased global warming in time to prevent their oncoming deadly ice age. It was worth a try, though.”
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It’s a huge, transparent brain! :-)
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On the top to the left it looks like a large cat creeping over the nebula.
Love this.
Looks like a jellyfish.
I think it’s a force field.
But it could be both.
AWESOME!!!!
Very beautiful.
Sure looks different than what it is.
MtnClimber
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Heavy Slide!!
Pareidolia....”I see a red outline of a baby gorilla riding on the back of a rather large lumpy gorilla.’
Pareidolia (/pɛraɪˈdoʊliə/, /pɛriː-/) is the tendency for incorrect perception of a stimulus as an object, pattern or meaning known to the observer, such as seeing shapes in clouds, seeing faces in inanimate objects or abstract patterns, or hearing hidden messages in music.
(I disagree with this! Its not “Incorrect” for one to attempt to assign meaning and structure in the world around you. As long as you understand that the image of the cloud is not a cloud, but water lines on a basement wall you should be free to allow it to provoke your imagination.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LWrgH0nORE
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Pareidolia: Why People Keep Seeing Crazy Stuff on Mars
Ok. Done.
I have not found it, but there has to be a cheeseburger in there somewhere.
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