Stunning science imagery...
Discussion
Well, there are lots of images out there that are utterly stunning, from the micro, to the macro scale, but which are the ones that you forever find fascinating. For me, the image that I find most fascinating is the famous one used whenever gravitations lending is mentioned...
It just looks utterly unreal, and weird, but when explained, and you see the ring of images, all of the same thing on the far side, it just makes you feel tiny, and amazed. The deep field picture does the same thing.
Closer to home, the images of the sci-fi internals of the LHC looks like something from a high budget movie. Amazing piece of engineering.
So, what is your favourite?
It just looks utterly unreal, and weird, but when explained, and you see the ring of images, all of the same thing on the far side, it just makes you feel tiny, and amazed. The deep field picture does the same thing.
Closer to home, the images of the sci-fi internals of the LHC looks like something from a high budget movie. Amazing piece of engineering.
So, what is your favourite?
Edited by TheHeretic on Friday 24th February 19:56
The Hubble ultra deep field. Over 10,000 galaxies visible in a very small sector of the sky:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d...
Astronomical imaging is teh awsum. Gravitational lensing - a very good call; staggering images that support the enormous theoretical advances made in the last 100years. I also like the imagery of our own sun arising from the SOHO project - we live in a noisy neighbourhood
At the other end of the scale, there's the increasingly common imaging of nano-scale structures, as far as the manipulation (and imaging)of single atoms.
And between the two extremes lies maybe 50 or 60 orders of magnitude.This close to the Total Perspective Vortex I need a lie down just thinking about it.
At the other end of the scale, there's the increasingly common imaging of nano-scale structures, as far as the manipulation (and imaging)of single atoms.
And between the two extremes lies maybe 50 or 60 orders of magnitude.This close to the Total Perspective Vortex I need a lie down just thinking about it.
For those that like the Deep Field View picture have a video to go with it.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgg2tpUVbXQ
Yes I know its a repost and while soem of it could be a little condescending I think in the main its a superb video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgg2tpUVbXQ
Yes I know its a repost and while soem of it could be a little condescending I think in the main its a superb video.
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