astro-image of the day: dust pillar in the Carina Nebula

[mckitterick]

Wow. Why can't SF shows and movies spend a little time exploring things like this? Don't leave out the sense of wonder we feel about amazing things in space! Wouldn't that be more interesting than SF-troped soap operas?

EDIT: Oh my, check out this amazing page with a full-width, zoomable, interactive image of which this is a slice. Double-wow.

Comments

[chernobylred.livejournal.com]

I recall a particularly sexy scene with John and Aeryn in Farscape that showed some sort of nebula behind them, out one of Talyn's windows. Does that count?

[themitigator.livejournal.com]

did anyone else go look at the sweet panoramic image at hubble's site that this is cropped from?

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Wow wow wow. Thanks for the tip: I've edited the post so everyone will see it.

[roya-spirit.livejournal.com]

I love these pix you post.... even when they bugger up my friends page width ;)

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Dang, I've been resizing them, even. What's your screen width (in pixels)? What width image is too wide?

[roya-spirit.livejournal.com]

I've got it set to 1064x768 on this unit at work.
I can tell you'd resized them because they're small enough to get past my filter for image size.
Could just be a fluke on this monitor... it's ANCIENT.

[tbclone47.livejournal.com]

Looks like Moses on the mountain top, staff in hand!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Ha! Now I can't see anything else.