Top 10 Astronomy pictures of 2007

[Celephais]

http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/12/13/top-ten-astronomy-pictures-of-2007/

We can only have up to four pictures in a post last I checked... so click through!

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Astronomy is arguably the most beautiful of the sciences. I’m biased, of course, but it’s nearly impossible to gaze upon a picture of a galaxy, a moon, a nebula, and not see in it something compellingly artistic. Sometimes it’s the color, sometimes the shape, and sometimes it’s the knowledge that we can understand the subject of the picture itself.
Science doesn’t take away from the beauty of nature. It enhances it, multiplies it.

There are so many incredible astronomical photographs released every year that picking ten as the most beautiful is a substantial task. But it becomes easier when you consider the science behind the image as well. Does this image tell us more than that one? Was the scientific result drawn from an image surprising, or did it firm up a previously considered hypothesis?

Still, there’s something to be said for a simple, drop dead gorgeous picture.

So here I present my Top Ten Astronomy Pictures for 2007
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[Trouble]

Neat pics. Astronomy has always fascinated me. As a kid, it was my first experience with the concept of true infinity, which still throws me for a loop when I try to understand it. (like, the universe is infinite, which we can't comprehend, so let's imagine it did have an end somewhere... so, what would be on the other side of that?) Seeing those clusters of entire galaxies makes me certain there has to be some form of life out there. Too bad we'll likely never know.

[Misun]

Those are great pictures. Thanks for sharing!

[Sean of the Thread]

This is one of my favorite sites. ENJOY. (make great deskstops)

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

[landy]

You should marry astronomy

[diethx]

This is one of my favorite sites. ENJOY. (make great deskstops)

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

I get all my wallpaper from this site as well. One of my favorites. Currently i'm using this one:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0711/aurora_mcvay.jpg

[Celephais]

You should marry astronomy
I would but... astronomy won't let me put it in the pooper.

[Sean of the Thread]

I get all my wallpaper from this site as well. One of my favorites. Currently i'm using this one:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0711/aurora_mcvay.jpg

Rofl that's the wall paper I'm using as well.

Too funny.

[Drew]

I would but... astronomy won't let me put it in the pooper.


Astronomy is just very traditional.

[Gan]

Way cool
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0708/sonicboomplane_navy.jpg

[Gan]

There are soooo many cool pictures. Just considering the idea that what we're seeing is billions of light years away and light years in relative size, its awe inspiring and humbling.

To even have the audacity to think that we are the only planet in space to be inhabited...

That sure would be an awful waste of space.

[diethx]

Rofl that's the wall paper I'm using as well.

Too funny.

Pretty cool. I'm not really surprised though, as it's a gorgeous picture.