Monday, March 28, 2011

APOD 3.7

NGC 6914 Nebulae

This beautiful amount of dust in the sky is amazing. Now this is clearly false color, but who cares NASA. They make beautiful images using the spectroscopic findings and then color them all in. I wish I could have pulled this off when I was 3. This is a star factory, among emission nebulae. The red is a hot hydrogen, and it looks great in false color. You know all these pictures aren't as cool as I give them credit for. When you actually look up at the sky, you see shades of blue, from stars, grays, and blacks, and the occasional whites. It is actually quite disheartening and quite a dream crusher. Oh well, still makes for some awesome backgrounds.

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