Wired Space Photo of the Day

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The Rude, Crude Cosmos
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Earlier this week, the internet was captivated by an old picture from NASA's Spirit rover appearing to draw a big ol' d**k in the Martian sand with its tracks. Now that everyone's tired of looking at that, we can all remember that the universe is full of inappropriate stuff sure to delight your inner seven-year-old (Uranus anyone?). Case in point is the above image, a complex cloud of gas and dust known as the Keyhole nebula. Astronomers were too polite to give the structure on the left its own designation so the public has taken to calling it "The Finger of God" or "God's Birdie."

:coffee:
 
Goodbye Herschel
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by Wired Science Staff
This view of the Cygnus-X star-formation region by Herschel highlights chaotic networks of dust and gas that point to sites of massive star formation. The image combines data acquired with the PACS instrument at 70 micron (corresponding to the blue channel) ..
 
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The Rude, Crude Cosmos
keyholenebula.jpg

Earlier this week, the internet was captivated by an old picture from NASA's Spirit rover appearing to draw a big ol' d**k in the Martian sand with its tracks. Now that everyone's tired of looking at that, we can all remember that the universe is full of inappropriate stuff sure to delight your inner seven-year-old (Uranus anyone?). Case in point is the above image, a complex cloud of gas and dust known as the Keyhole nebula. Astronomers were too polite to give the structure on the left its own designation so the public has taken to calling it "The Finger of God" or "God's Birdie."

:coffee:
Who says God doesn't have a sense of humor?

LOL

Thanks for the images.

Have you been to behind the black?

Not a lot of images, but a great source of all things "Space".

Behind The Black
 

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