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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-11 05:43 PM
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18. Here is a copy of the most important photograph ever taken
Edited on Sat Jul-16-11 05:45 PM by ThomWV
Not so beautiful as yours to be certain, but this photograph is sometimes refered to as the most important image ever made in the history of man. Other's would argue that the Shroud of Turin is more important of course - but this reply is not directed at them.

Its from the Hubble ultra-deep field series, this is the deepest into the universe we have ever seen. The photo was taken over the course of several days as Hubble (for the second time) looked deep into a dark spot in the night sky. As I recall the spot represented one-three-millionth of the sky view, but in it there are 10,000 galaxies, each with its billion stars and their systems, many with planets, certainly many with intelligent life - and with that many planets its likely that that life comes in every form imaginable and that every possibility of existence in fact exists, somewhere.



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