Posted on 07/01/2009 7:11:44 AM PDT by JoeProBono
The European Space Agency (Esa) has released a stunning image of the spiral galaxy M51, otherwise known as the Whirlpool Galaxy. It is a composite of images taken by Europe's Herschel space observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope. The picture combines views of the galaxy captured at visible and far-infrared wavelengths.
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Beautiful. Simply beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Great picture, funny how different people might take it. To some, it looks like they are dancing, to others it looks like a vicious smackdown, or a lamprey, or the galaxy turning on the light, ha ha ha
Cool!
Or my eyes on the day after....old story no longer relevant
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