Seriously though, space is the place. I was reading an article over on Wired and in traditional me fashion, I end up straying somewhere else following a link and stumble on something else that gets me all excited. The photo above is a photo of The Milky Way viewed from the Kofa Mountains in Arizona, and it’s one of those things you see and you can’t believe it’s real. I honestly can’t think of anything more awesome than this. If you asked me who would win in a fight, I would bet The Milky Way over anyone or anything else, that’s just how bad-ass that galaxy is.

I tweaked the photo some to make it a little bit more dramatic, so if you’d like to see the original you can click here. There’s also a complete picture of the entire Milky Way Galaxy on there as well, so check that out too.

Bobby

9 Comments »

1. Awesome, you made my night :)

   Thank you for sharing.

   Comment by monkee — June 4, 2008 #

2. Yes, outer space is where it’s at!

   Microsoft Research recently unveiled Worldwide Telescope. Thought you might be interested in it.

   Comment by Siong — June 4, 2008 #

3. wow, gorgeous…

   Comment by joanna goddard — June 4, 2008 #

4. so not only is that picture GORGEOUS, but the site is really amazing! and has so much facts about space i didnt know.
   I was telling my friend about this site, and he told me about the LHC which I think you should look up and definetly write a blog on this! http://www.lhcountdown.com/

   :)

   Comment by Diane — June 4, 2008 #

5. This pretty much sums it up, incase you dont wanna look up on it.

   large hadron collider-

   It’s this thing they’re going to use to launch protons together at incredible speeds
   and when they hit
   it will create the conditions of the big bang a billionth of a second after it happened.
   They’re basically searching for this thing called the Higgs Boson, otherwise known as the God particle.
   They’re smashing protons to see what makes up protons.
   The Higgs Boson is this theoretical particle that made up the type of matter before the big bang occured
   It’s basically this particle in which the four forces of the universe are combined
   2:28 Electromagnetism, Strong Nuclear Force, Weak Nuclear Force, and Gravity.If they find it they’ll find out so much about the universe.
   2:29 Problem is, if it goes wrong they could create antimatter, which would result in a doomsday scenario or they could create these mini black holes.
   The Large Hadron Collider is underneath Geneva
   in Switzerland.
   The chance that a doomsday scenario will occur is so minute, though. like, .0000001% likely to happen.
   And if the mini black holes were created, it would sort of be a success.
   2:30 Because they’d be so small they would just dissipate.
   And then we’d be able to use these monitors they have, six story high monitors and sensors that monitor what the LHC is doing
   and we could observe the black holes and the way they acted
   what they’re made of, etc.We basically have the potential to become Gods through knowledge of the universe.
   And this happens in 33 days

   Comment by Diane — June 4, 2008 #

6. You might enjoy this:

   http://www.alienearths.org/glimpse/glimpse.php

   It’s a flash tool that lets you view the entirety of the galaxy in high resolution, with zoom. Works kind of like google earth.

   Comment by Josh — June 5, 2008 #

7. And it’s not just a galaxy… it’s our galaxy… so doesn’t it make you feel just a little more badass to be a part of it? :)

   Comment by Jess — June 5, 2008 #

8. loverrrly. i didn’t know you could capture something like that from here.

   Comment by luke — June 5, 2008 #

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