I really like this video, so figured I'd post it here too.
The whole thing really gives quite a perspective of just how small and insignificant we really are.
I really like this video, so figured I'd post it here too.
The whole thing really gives quite a perspective of just how small and insignificant we really are.
Last edited by swampdragon; 07-22-2010 at 09:49 PM.
Very cool. Thanks.
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I thought the film was really cool.Originally Posted by L1A1Rocker
No comments on it though.
Oh well...
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A "creator" can be just about anything..."It is a spectacular tapestry, so vast & diverse in its' design that the power of its' creator must truly surpass all human understanding."
I like.
Thanks for posting.
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That was pretty good.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/rjn/apod/archivepix.html
NASA posts a picture of space everyday, enjoy.
Search for Pale Blue Dot on YouTube, another video similar to this one narrated by Carl Sagan.
Speaking of Sagan, I always wondered if he had more than one set of clothes. Same outfit in every episode.
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We are bits of floatsom and jetsome living on an electron in an atom that makes up part of a complex molecule within a small rat turd laying in the sewer of the next level up "verse".
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Yes. I've seen that.
I thought it was really good too.
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We are bits of floatsom and jetsome living on an electron in an atom that makes up part of a complex molecule within a small rat turd laying in the sewer of the next level up "verse".
~Nemo me impune lacessit~
The ultra deep field pictures that the Hubble space telescope took are also rather awe inspiring. To think they pointed Hubble at some dark spot in the sky over a few days then that's what it showed, truly amazing. To see these just do a search on 'ultra deep field view' and a bunch of stuff should pop up.
My adopted brother, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken some great photos, and I am glad that the new NASA admin allowed the shuttle to make that last repair/update.
My father was a major player in the building of the 9th wonder of the world. The Hubble is built to such standards that if it was above the Empire State Building in New York, and assuming a straight line, you held a dime on top of the Golden Gate Bridge, it could focus on it for hours. It could see and focus on a small flashlight on the moon, and as we have seen, take some amazing photos of deep space.
Another amazing feature of the Hubble, it's mirrors. After the primary mirror was finished ground, before plating, my father wanted to measure it to make sure that it was in limits. NASA said no. My dad called me and for the first time in my life I heard him use words only a Marine DI would use. He was furious that NASA wouldn't spend the money to check the mirror. As we learned, they should have listened to him.
Granted the mirror was ground slightly off, but it was ground to the most perfect smoothness of any object ever made by man. If the earth was as flat at the Hubble mirror, the highest mountain would be 5 inches tall, and the deepest valley only 5 inches deep. Surface finish over the 96 inch diameter was about 3 millionths of an inch variance.
And to think, two NASA admins ago they were going to let the Hubble fall back to earth because even though every astronaut volunteered to service the Hubble, the admin thought it was too dangerous. Fortunately the current admin feels the Hubble was worth it, too bad he feels the same way about our earth-bound enemies.
There are some great photos on the Hubble website!
http://hubblesite.org/
That was pretty neat, thanks!
Looking at the night sky fills me with awe... and if I'm out in the country on a pitch dark, clear night and look up and see the "fuzzy" spots... each of which is an entire galaxy... a chill goes up my back. We are nothing. We are less than dust in the wind.
Then I think of the fanatical religious types that believe ALL of it was created just for us... just for humans... little invisible specks living on one insignificant planet... then I get annoyed at their arrogance... their audacity.
If there is a God, He sure as hell didn't create all of it for US... in fact God has probably forgotten about us (or given up on us as an arrogant, hopeless species).
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Thanks Swampy. Great video!
Sagan died WAY too young. He made astronomy FASCINATING! And his voice was fun to listen to as well.
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....still haven't put men on the moon though !
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