What an amazing world we live in. We have cameras that let us look at things our eyes would never be able to see by themselves. We can look inside the human body, and we can look outside to the universe. Cameras and images let us learn so many important things about ourselves and our world. I am grateful today for cameras and their images...for the folks that invent them, and those that know how to use them.
If you have a few extra moments, you might want to stop by the Hubble Site, and take some time to view the final images from the WFPC2 (Wide Field Planetary Camera 2) which is being replaced. It had been installed in 1993. The telescope is getting an upgrade -that includes the new WFPC3. I find it all very amazing.....the gallery link on the Hubble page contains some spectacular images. sigh.
I get lost looking at the spiral galaxies....
Meanwhile, in fiber pursuits, I've been doing a lot of this...
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Oh that's beautiful! Both pictures! I need combs. Definitely.
Spirals, twists....spinning...
Somehow it all fits together, doesn't it. And then there's T.S. Eliot's "still point of the turning world".
Great pictures. Thanks for the link. These spring days must be great for browsing. I found myself lost in the biography section of the library on Tuesday afternoon.
Herschel and Planck launched yesterday: two new orbital telescopes. Herschel is the biggest one to date, larger than Hubble.
Looking forward to more pics!
The fibre combing is as interesting as the Hubble site :)
I've gotten totally sucked into the story of the mars rover who's stuck and had forgotten about the Hubble camera. Isn't this an amazing world.
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