Eye Of God Photographed In Space [Breathtaking Pic]

Daily Mirror (U.K.) ^ | February 27, 2009

[Steelfish]

Eye of God photographed in Space

26/02/2009

Eye of God... this breathtaking image of the Helix nebula, giant rings of gas blown off a dying star 700 light years from the Sun, was captured with a special camera at an observatory in Chile. What happens if it blinks...

[KevinDavis]

[Rome2000]

That is awesome.

[sauropod]

That was a good book.

[jwparkerjr]

I just did the 20x30 print on glossy paper and it's breathtaking, the only word to describe it. I am going to find a scripture to match with it and then mat and frame the image and verse.

[Joiseydude]

Unfortunately I caan not get the picture. All I get for both the small and larger size is a box with a red Z in it in the upper left hand corner of the where the picture should be. When I right click on the photo I don’t get, “save this picture” as a choice.

[fieldmarshaldj]

That’s definitely a non-canon Enterprise. Not from the new film, is it ?

[Victoria Delsoul]

It is, indeed.

Thanks!

[adorno]

That is a great image, but why is it news now?

Images of the Helix nebula have been around for a long time.

http://www.hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2003/11/

[cookcounty]

"....The Eye of God..........700 light years from the Sun, "

Wow, that's a l-o-o-o-ng way!! It's getting harder and harder for an atheist to stick a finger in His eye!

[reagan_fanatic]

I am the eye in the sky
Looking at you
I can read your mind
I am the maker of rules
Dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind
And I dont need to see any more
To know that
I can read your mind, I can read your mind

[jwparkerjr]

Do you need the big one, 9 megs, or can you do with a smaller version, less than a meg? The smaller one has text on it, a nice caption with the name and other info about the shot.

Let me know which one you need and I’ll upload it to my server and give you a link to it.

[Joiseydude]

I have the 1 meg one, just wanted to see the quality of the 9 meg one.

Thanks for the offer, but I think I'll survive if if I don't get to see it.

[jwparkerjr]

I know that feeling! "Am I missing something?" "I wonder just how much better the bigger file REALLY is...." Let me know if you decide you can't live without it after all.

[jwparkerjr]

Here's a slight mod to it:

[upchuck]

:) Can you, uh, “do something” about nobama?

[markman46]

thanks for the new wallpaper

[SuziQ]

We have an HP Color Inkjet printer that will do prints up to 13”x19”, and bought some nice Giclee type ink for it. I’ll have to look for that Hi Res image!

[Radix]

This image was posted on Free Republic’s “Astronomy Picture of the Day” several years ago.

Check it out, Link below.

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/apod-chat/index

[irishtenor]

Um... What did you have in mind? LOL

[SunkenCiv]

Oh sure — God’s eyes must be blue, you racist b*st*rds. /sarc

Thanks KD.