Celephais
12-14-2007, 10:18 AM
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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We can only have up to four pictures in a post last I checked... so click through!
Clip:
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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