Awesome picture thread

[stormcloud]

we have a funny picture thread, but sometimes a picture is so awe inspiring yo wish to share it, so I created this thread to solve the problem.
Oh and if there's a story behind it, do a direct link to the picture


Direct link

[Jubal]

Wow...

[Goldyrulz]

is that earth being burnt by a pyromaniac?
cause if it is then i am doing it!!!

[stormcloud]

It is a supernova (the link contains information)

[stormcloud]

Direct link

if you look just above the left tip of Saturns main rings you can seen a small bright dot, that is in fact Earth

sorry for double post and giant picture

[CN2]

Oh wow, I see it.

How did they get that pic?

[stormcloud]

from the NASA page

This marvelous panoramic view was created by combining a total of 165 images taken by the Cassini wide-angle camera over nearly three hours on Sept. 15, 2006. The full mosaic consists of three rows of nine wide-angle camera footprints; only a portion of the full mosaic is shown here. Color in the view was created by digitally compositing ultraviolet, infrared and clear filter images and was then adjusted to resemble natural color.

The mosaic images were acquired as the spacecraft drifted in the darkness of Saturn's shadow for about 12 hours, allowing a multitude of unique observations of the microscopic particles that compose Saturn's faint rings.

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[Jubal]

Now this is also awesome, if a bit more down-to-earth...

[stormcloud]

on the subject of interesting places to live ....

[Jubal]

Where is that?

[stormcloud]

dunno, was from an old email

[stormcloud]

or it's a photoshop, like I just found out

[stormcloud]

too make up for my mistake here's a nice panorama of the centre of the Milky way(in infrared)




Direct link to article

[stormcloud]

And heres a stack of the photos I took of saturn, not professional, or any good but it's MIINE

[Jubal]

I thought this was awesome so I hereby revive the cool picture thread, now renamed the AWESOME picture thread. (Yes, gentlemen, I can necropost too sometimes).