Posted on 07/22/2020 6:23:40 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt Explanation: Can stars, like caterpillars, transform themselves into butterflies? No, but in the case of the Butterfly Nebula -- it sure looks like it. Though its wingspan covers over 3 light-years and its estimated surface temperature exceeds 200,000 degrees, C, the dying central star of NGC 6302, the featured planetary nebula, has become exceptionally hot, shining brightly in visible and ultraviolet light but hidden from direct view by a dense torus of dust. This sharp close-up was recorded by the Hubble Space Telescope and is reprocessed here to show off the remarkable details of the complex planetary nebula, highlighting in particular light emitted by iron, shown in red. NGC 6302 lies about 4,000 light-years away in the arachnologically correct constellation of the Scorpion (Scorpius). Planetary nebulas evolve from outer atmospheres of stars like our Sun, but usually fade in about 20,000 years.
Inna godda da vita.
” arachnologically”
Going to have to look that one up......
That is what I thought too.
Me three.
WOW!
Taking a break here..
Wait a minute.....
Shhhhhhh.....
“In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida baby....”
Whoa ...
Oh, that is my hand...hands....
Whoa...
My jaw is floating....
Wait, what......
“Doncha know that I love you..who..who..”
Where is the phase shifting drum solo....
Come on, man.
Somewhere on youtube there is a video of a very demure church organist playing that on her last day before retirement. Way cool.
Me four.
Something about study of spiders, still no comphrende.
Me 5 + flashbacks
Scientifically, if you follow the article about Iron in the stars, the song title would be “Iron inna godda da vita butterfly”.
This song is so long that it was used to torture prisoners in prisons around the world. /sarc
Maybe the writer was referring to the linking the term “arachnida” or “arachnidans” to the Family “Arthopoda” which includes spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks.
Looks like an alien to me, head in the upper left, with arms and legs. Kind of a Rorshach test response, but that’s what I see. Interesting.
“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe.”
Inna godda da vita
WAs supposed to be “In The Garden Of Eden …”
Band (Iron Butterfly) was so wasted that’s how it came out …...
Inna godda da vita
WAs supposed to be “In The Garden Of Eden …”
Band (Iron Butterfly) was so wasted that’s how it came out …...
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