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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-31-09 12:25 PM
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Spitzer spies the Helix Nebula

NASA, JPL-Caltech, Kate Su (Steward Obs, U. Arizona) et al.

Go here for an explantion and a link to the large (2048px x 1703px) picture: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap091231.html
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enlightenment Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-31-09 12:33 PM
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1. Very beautiful!
Does it remind anyone else of the giant eye thing in the Lord of the Rings films? Only much prettier and not evil and not imagined but real, of course . . .
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-31-09 12:41 PM
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3. It is very "eye like"
Eye of Sauron from the Peter Jackson films:
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enlightenment Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-31-09 02:34 PM
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4. Ah - that was the name. Thank you.
The Nebula is much prettier - but then, reality trumps fantasy 99% of the time!
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-31-09 12:40 PM
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2. Awesome..truly awesome...and it sure does look like a gigantic eye....
Edited on Thu Dec-31-09 12:40 PM by BrklynLiberal
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rateyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-31-09 03:03 PM
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5. Whoever snapped that pic
should have used the red-eye filter. :D

Beautiful!
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-31-09 03:22 PM
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6. Just for grins


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rateyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-31-09 06:58 PM
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7. beautiful blue eye.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-01-10 03:10 PM
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8. Spooky!
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