I don't know about you... But I am [b]in awe of these majestic images[/b]. Looking at these images somehow gives me goosebumps! It reminds me that we may be not alone in this universe. Images are all taken by the [b][i]Hubble Space Telescope[/i][/b]. [i]Visit this site below for more awesome Hubble images: [url=http://www.space.com/bestimg/index.php?guid=&cat=hst][b]http://www.space.com/bestimg/index.php?guid=&cat=hst[/b][/url][/i] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (click image) [url=http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=besthubblepillars02ad6.jpg][img]http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/9893/besthubblepillars02ad6.th.jpg[/img][/url] [color=brown][b]Pillars of Creation[/b] Undersea corral? Enchanted castles? Space serpents? On April 1, 1995, Hubble snapped this image of pillar-like structures in the Eagle nebula. These eerie, dark pillar-like structures are columns of cool, interstellar hydrogen gas and dust that serve as incubators for new stars.[/color] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (click image) [url=http://img346.imageshack.us/my.php?image=besthubbleconenebula02vp0.jpg][img]http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/5732/besthubbleconenebula02vp0.th.jpg[/img][/url] [color=brown][b]Crowning Jewel: The Cone Nebula[/b] Resembling a nightmarish beast rearing its head from a crimson sea, this celestial object is actually just a pillar of gas and dust. Called the Cone Nebula (in NGC 2264) - so named because in ground-based images it has a conical shape - this monstrous pillar resides in a turbulent star-forming region. This picture, taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, on May 11, 2002, shows the upper 2.5 light-years of the Cone, a height that equals 23 million roundtrips to the Moon. The entire pillar is seven light-years long.[/color] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (click image) [url=http://img110.imageshack.us/my.php?image=besthubblev83802zm7.jpg][img]http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/4761/besthubblev83802zm7.th.jpg[/img][/url] [color=brown][b]Space Phenomenon Imitates Art[/b] This image resembling Vincent van Gogh's painting, "Starry Night," is an expanding halo of light around a distant star, named V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon). This Hubble Telescope image was obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on February 8, 2004.[/color] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (click image) [url=http://img122.imageshack.us/my.php?image=besthubblesaturn02ys6.jpg][img]http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/9155/besthubblesaturn02ys6.th.jpg[/img][/url] [color=brown][b]Hubble Exposes Saturn’s Rings[/b] Hubble Space Telescope continues snapping breathtaking pictures of the solar system's most photogenic planet. This view, taken on March 22, 2004, is so sharp that many individual ringlets can be seen in Saturn's ring plane.[/color] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (click image) [url=http://img123.imageshack.us/my.php?image=besthubblewhirpool02kn7.jpg][img]http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/8441/besthubblewhirpool02kn7.th.jpg[/img][/url] [color=brown][b]Heart of the Galaxy[/b] The Whirlpool galaxy, M51, has been one of the most photogenic galaxies in amateur and professional astronomy. This Hubble composite image shows visible starlight as well as light from the emission of glowing hydrogen, which is associated with the most luminous young stars in the spiral arms.[/color] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (click image) [url=http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=besthubbledeepfield02pz0.jpg][img]http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5475/besthubbledeepfield02pz0.th.jpg[/img][/url] [color=brown][b]Hubble’s Ultra Deep Field[/b] Astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute, on March 9, 2004, unveiled the deepest portrait of the visible universe ever achieved by humankind. Called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF), the million-second-long exposure reveals the first galaxies to emerge from the so-called "dark ages," the time shortly after the big bang when the first stars reheated the cold, dark universe. The new image should offer new insights into what types of objects reheated the universe long ago.[/color] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [b]About the Hubble Space Telescope:[/b] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope[/url]

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