NASA : Light Echoes From a Red Supergiant
nasa.gov — A light echo is light from a stellar explosion echoing off dust surrounding the star that produces enough energy in a brief flash to illuminate surrounding dust. The star presumably ejected the illuminated dust shells in previous outbursts. Light from the latest outburst travels to the dust and then is reflected to Earth.
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- NRay7882, on 06/19/2008, -8/+2Looks like a puffer fish. See it? Red = mouth, black on both sides = eyes. Ppsh, photoshop can't fool me.
- notwizt, on 06/19/2008, -1/+11It looks ***** amazing, that's what it looks like.
- rupertd, on 06/19/2008, -0/+3they should have sent...a..poet
- FeloniusMonkey, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1Leapin' Lanny Poffo?
- rupertd, on 06/19/2008, -0/+3they should have sent...a..poet
- RockStarMVP, on 06/19/2008, -6/+0That's bad ass looking
- TomT223, on 06/19/2008, -6/+9Looks like Uranus.
- Skinnytroll, on 06/19/2008, -9/+3IT'S GOATSE OH GOD
- thedp, on 06/19/2008, -2/+2Looks scary...
- Dou6, on 06/19/2008, -0/+10This stuff always looks fake, I think we actually live in a computer.
- B1663r, on 06/19/2008, -0/+4Well that is because it is fake. This is yet another false color image where they replace the color channels with spectral maps creating a brilliant, yet fictitious image. In the actual visual range that we see, it is just a red dot...
- RetroRufio, on 06/20/2008, -0/+3B1663r clearly lives in a computer running Linux with a proprietary video card.
- GliTCH82, on 06/20/2008, -0/+1Buried for being 20,000 years old.
- B1663r, on 06/19/2008, -0/+4Well that is because it is fake. This is yet another false color image where they replace the color channels with spectral maps creating a brilliant, yet fictitious image. In the actual visual range that we see, it is just a red dot...
- jorelli, on 06/19/2008, -4/+3firefox...
- manro76, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1It does actually look a little like the Firefox Logo. I can just see Bill Gates looking for one that resembles IE logo.
- NewWorldEH, on 06/19/2008, -0/+4This is beautiful! HUBBLE never ceases to amaze me...
- lonewolfe, on 06/19/2008, -1/+5It's the master of the universe telling us Mozilla Firefox is the right way to go
- ROFLance, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2No, that would be this:
http://www.techfresh.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/0 ...
- ROFLance, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2No, that would be this:
- sindex, on 06/19/2008, -1/+9I've been goatse'd from 20,000 light years away.
- galvo, on 06/19/2008, -4/+2Looks like a bloody stool sample.
- cerejota, on 06/19/2008, -4/+1Goddidit? *****!
- LZeppelinJ0, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2These kinds of photos will never get old
- Daxx22, on 06/19/2008, -0/+0I see you Frodo!
- Buraken, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2Looks like an evil eyebal
- curiosity0cat, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1hole in one
- cdigioia, on 06/19/2008, -1/+7So we're calling reflections "light echos" now? Shall we call echos "sound reflections" to achieve retard symmetry?
Great photo, ridiculous title. - LiberalsSuckAss, on 06/19/2008, -1/+2That's a cool picture, but that thumbnail looks a little like goatse!
- JakeCast, on 06/19/2008, -0/+0NASA = so hot right now
- aupton, on 06/19/2008, -2/+1I knew I had seen that picture before, It's really Nibiru... and it's getting brighter... and closer ?
http://www.greatdreams.com/nibiru-possible.jpg - erikhensarling, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2nasa.gov is unreachable. Houston we have a problem?
- styx31989, on 06/19/2008, -1/+1OM NOM NOM
- buckw1lde, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2Looks like Galactus is at it again. Damn you Silver Surfer.
- blorguehad, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1Dude. It just ate my soul.
- opmike, on 06/20/2008, -0/+1I'll swallow your soul. I'll swallow your soul.
- knightcrusader, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1If you look closely, you can see Deep Space 9 next to it....
- VonCali, on 06/19/2008, -0/+3This has been on here before as the FireFox nebula:
Wikipedia Article
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Digg Article:
http://digg.com/space/Firefox_Logo_Spied_In_Deep_S ... - Danby123, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1I always digg space.
Go science! - nydwarf, on 06/20/2008, -0/+1Interstellar cervix.
- theguesser10, on 06/20/2008, -0/+1It's that guy from the Silver Surfer! He's coming to eat us! On the plus side that means there's a guy with a flying silver surf board around here....
- stephenhacking, on 06/20/2008, -0/+1Now we have to find the Fantastic Four. And Vondoom if we can find him.
- dbXXd, on 06/20/2008, -0/+1Yes, more fascinating pictures that mean absolutely nothing to you or anyone else on this mudball we call Earth.
- contemporary, on 06/21/2008, -0/+0Wow, superb, I just feel how big is universe and what is our existance in this vast space. damn
http://digg.com/celebrity/Tiffany_Table_Lamps_Deal - bazalt, on 06/23/2008, -0/+0similarity FireFox
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/04/firefox-logo ...
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