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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:24 PM Original message |
Dailup warning. Large picture warning. Total intergalactic awesomeness warning. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. The amount of energy associated with that image is mind boggling... |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. ~ 3 light years |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. I believe that is just shy of 5 billion miles. That is kind of hard to fathom. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. a light year is about 6 trillion miles |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I must have grossly miscalculated somewhere. |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. Kick for the awesomeness. |
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gblady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. amazing picture.... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. I once dreamed that heaven looked just like the inside of one of those things. Or rather |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. And yet think... |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. Wow! That's spectacular! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. Kinda morbid that star death is so pretty, innit? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Only pretty from a distance. |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. "God just intended it for eye candy"... well now, don't agree with that, but since this is |
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darkstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. Interstellar Appeal |
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astral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-10-09 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. I love that pic. |
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MissHoneychurch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
12. My screen now has a new background |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. If your screen is larger than 1072 pixels wide |
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MissHoneychurch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Thank you |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Yeah |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
16. El Farto Grande es enorme! |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
18. Amazing! |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. I hardly believe that it is all empty and lifeless... |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
22. Stellar nurseries are always cool. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
23. For comparison purposes |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
24. Hey! No sex threads! |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
25. Very Beautiful! |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-11-09 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
27. There are several new Hubble pics out. (pic heavy) |
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