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Posted by Insanity Plea (Member # 2053) on :

NASA News and hi-res images. Sorta makes a killer astroid seem insignificant...

Note I originally found it here (metafilter.com)

Satyagraha

[ January 08, 2005, 08:49 PM: Message edited by: Insanity Plea ]

Posted by TheDisgruntledPostman (Member # 7200) on :

Damn!

Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :

*resolves not to try to suck down the hi-res images through dialup connection*

*resists urge to make ribald dobie thread with the same title as this one*

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

twinky, I'm resisting that urge, too, but it's very hard...

Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :

[ROFL]

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

*resists urge*

Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :

Keep resisting folks. [Evil Laugh]

Really though, this is awesome. My sister and I have often discussed what it would be like if one of the big, closer stars like Betelgeuse, went nova. By the time we saw it, the light from the explosion would have been traveling for millions of years. It's mind-boggling to think about...I love it!