New telescope reveals breahtaking nebula

[UM-Bot]

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The European Southern Observatory’s new VISTA telescope has revealed stunning new images of the Orion nebula. The nebula is 1350 light years away from the Earth but because the telescope has a large field of view it is able to take a picture of the whole thing at once.

"You’ve undoubtedly seen the smudge of the Orion Nebula hanging just below his belt thousands of times, but the most beautiful image yet of the celestial body was just released Wednesday."

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[Typhoon]

IDK but looking at these pictures makes me kind of sad...

[danielost]

i know a bunch of people look at pics. like this and see a bunch of random gas but i see god's hand at work

[a vampire wears my boxers]

that is absolutely beautiful! just awesome! i dont get sad looking at this, it makes me smile in wonder.

[Charpoy Major]

My most earnest hope is that in the Afterlife, if there is one, then I want to be a spirit tourist and zap around the Universe for eons before inhabiting another shape in some other world.

[Aries1982]

It's pictures like this, that keeps my head everywhere but Earth. Amazing!

[Bbrown88]

IDK but looking at these pictures makes me kind of sad...

Me too. I feel sad that we'll never be able to get any closer than this in my lifetime. It's like looking at a beautiful meadow just beyond a chasm with no way to build a bridge.

[danielost]

Me too. I feel sad that we'll never be able to get any closer than this in my lifetime. It's like looking at a beautiful meadow just beyond a chasm with no way to build a bridge.

if you get too close it will disappear. i mean we cant see the nebula that we live in.

Edited February 16, 2010 by danielost

[:PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR:]

Ahh, to have a powerful telescope in my hands. I'd be like a little boy discovering the world all over again.

[Barnacle Battlefront]

Breathtaking is certainly the perfect way to describe it