As Below so Above

[Detail Man]

Flowers of the Cosmos, courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope public domain collection at:
http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/
as the tilt of Earth aligns with the plane of our Milky Way galaxy (from 1986 through 2014).

I (simply) cropped and polished these wonders using PSP9, for your viewing pleasure ...

 

[Orol]

I like the first one most. It's somehow special, like made of sand, mist, tiny shining grains, and a portion of mystery.
Thanks for posting, Detail Man.

Peter

 

[thelps]

To dream what is out there, and the photos that have not yet been taken.
Thanks DetailMan

 

[Detail Man]

As I understand it, the most recent HST repair mission involved repair of elements that perform "Deconvolution Deblurring" to increase the image "acuity".
Hopefully, DxO Optics Pro will soon add the Hubble Space Telescope onto their supported camera/lens list, by creating a "DxO Module" for it ... :lol:

 

[Wiener]

To prove that fact can still beat fiction any day of the week and regardless of however many billions of $'s Holywood throws into the project...
Mind you, I guess Hubble probably cost much more than any film director could ever dream of so...

 

[lensman]

So much colour & detail.

Wonder if any ricoh camera has been in space?

David

 

[waloszek]

Very different from what I saw before! Impressing! Gerd

 

[thelps]

Here is an interesting simulation of our "Known Space" by AMNH, well worth a look.
Its a YouTube video so you will need the bandwidth to watch it..

Have a look here -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17jymDn0W6U

"The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang."

With all that space and all those objects there must be a lot of photos to take yet.

 

[rui fernandes]

Thanks, Detail Man! Amazing alien beauty...

I'm not sure which I like the most, if the upper space photos or the microscope one's ;-)

Nature is really something, we can only look and appreciate it ;-)

I have no idea about a Ricoh in space, but I'm pretty sure that it's possible to soot the space with a Ricoh
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ruinog/set ... 136565807/

Of course, no comparison is possible. But it's fun :mrgreen:

 

[Detail Man]

More, you say? I have just these few remaining.

The first was taken in January 2006 (and should be identifiable through visited the above-linked HST gallery web-site). Did not record the location name.


The second is a (color mapped, and changed completely by me) non-optical wavelength actual mapping of the planet's magnetosphere by geo-sychronous satellites employing magnetometers way up towards the void of space. I love the "ethereal being on the left seemingly reaching towards the mortal figure on the right", with the dark, vast mysteries of our planet in the stretches below:

 

[Detail Man]

Calling all astronomers. A few more glimpses of the infinite to see ...