Fri 11 Nov 2005
The Mountains of Creation
Posted by anaglyph under Poetry, Science
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The Spitzer Space Telescope, which was put into orbit in 2003, is returning the most marvellous of images. This one, dubbed ‘The Mountains of Creation’ shows embryonic stars forming in the constellation of Cassiopeia, 7000 light years from Earth.
Tetherd Cow Ahead Assignment for November 11, 2005: tonight ask a friend around, pour yourselves a glass of good wine and go outside and drink a toast to the wonders of the Universe.
The way of the future.
OK, so I was lying about who took the photo…
That is so beautiful.
Beautiful pic…. who did take it?
star factories? star nurseries? amazing! I wonder why we call such things “the wonders of creation”?
They’re dubbed ‘The Mountains of Creation’ and ‘The Pillars of Creation’ because these vast clouds of interstellar gas literally create stars. Our own star, the Sun, would have been spawned in a billowing veil of gas and dust just like this.
Do Hollywood movie stars form in much the same fashion?
Yes. And some of them still retain large amounts of their gas.
lol I love the comments here1
What an incredible picture!
Bah. I want to GO there. Seriously. Although pretty much anyplace Out There would do.
You know, if there IS any afterlife or life after death I’m wondering if it’s anything like how we feel when we look at photographs like these…