[Red Badger]

The total exposure time between 2009 and 2021 is around 1,250 hours. (To load the full image in its 11.5 MB glory, click here.)

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TqRxEAjrDYI/YFCLF-H8K3I/AAAAAAAAS-E/rj_avOwDgw0TP66RQURSDcDIOPPxJIscgCLcBGAsYHQ/s7023/000-GrandeMosaic120DegreesLONG.jpg

[cuban leaf]

Meh. I survived the Total Perspective Vortex.

[Gay State Conservative]

I'm flabbergasted that there are scientists...astronomers...who can look at photos like these and still deny the possibility of the existence of a God.

[Chickensoup]

My God is an Awesome God

[adorno]

Makes us feel tiny within our Milky Way.

Yet, the Milky Way is a very tiny part of what we know as the universe.

[nevergore]

My dog is the center of my universe, and don’t tell her otherwise!

[Oatka]

Have you ever thought to yourself, "Gosh, I sure wish I could feel extremely small and awed right now"?

Midwatch, 1950s USN in the Caribbean.

I climbed up into the shears for my lookout stint. Quick 180 degree scan - nothing - PITCH black.

I looked up and was stunned. From horizon to horizon, the sky was FILTHY with stars - could barely see any black behind them.

Here I am, one insignificant piece of protoplasm in a tiny boat is the middle of a big ocean on a small planet amidst all this jaw-dropping magnificence.

My ego took a big hit that night.

[DeFault User]

People living in cities or areas without an unobstructed high altitude view can never appreciate the awesome nature of the Milky Way.

I was in my 30s on a road trip in Colorado, camping out along the way. At 8,000 feet it was cold even in the summer but the view of the Milky Way was jaw dropping magnificent. If you have never seen it with an unobstructed view at a high altitude, you owe it to yourself, if only once in your life, to appreciate God’s universe.

[copaliscrossing]

I missed the “You are here” pointer... ha ha ha

[minnesota_bound]

ping

[cymbeline]

When I look at the Milky Way I see a bunch of stars, some first magnitude. This picture is mostly illuminated “smoke”. Why the difference. If the smoke is because of the gathering of more light then the stars ought to be correspondingly brighter.

Also, I’ve see picture of celestial objects in which there was more redness.

[martin_fierro]

Thanks! Made it one of my wallpapers.

[Adder]

Where da Walmart at?

[GOP_Party_Animal]

Once again, I appreciate Free Republic, not just for the amazing articles people post, but the great conservative commentary. Few other places will you find people connecting awesome photography with the Almighty that created the scene.

[bgill]

You thought your vote didn’t matter much.

[systemjim]

Oh God, your sea is so great and my boat is so small. -—Fisherman’s Prayer.

[Bob434]

Imagine how much better it would have been if he went 13 years jnstead? The slacker! J/k very cool project

[GOP Poet]

Wow.

[ph_balanced]

I immediately thought of....

[blackpacific]

It makes my heart swell...

Creation is an act of Love.