Heart of the Milky Way Photos From NASA 111
PBH submitted a link to a really amazing composite image of the Milky Way released by NASA. They combined infrared, visible, and x-ray images taken by Spitzer, Hubble, and Chandra to create one beautiful image to commemorate the 400 years since 1609, when Galileo looked up.
this is beautiful (Score:2, Insightful)
and yet, somehow darkly disturbing.
How despressing... (Score:3, Insightful)
I browse /. today to find only 80 comments on something as significant as this photo yet find 600 comments on something as insignificant as xbox users being disconnected.
I weep for the future.