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Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Hubble Space Images: Nebulas

I recieved an email recently from a regular reader, or so I presume, who asked me why I don't follow a more usual pattern of reviews, book-talk, etc. My answer: I post what I enjoy, and while I do enjoy the world of fiction--both novels and film--I also enjoy a few other things. And looking at photographs of space objects is one of my favorite things; actually now that I think about it, looking at photographs of darn near anything is one of my favorite things.

So here are a few photographs I found on the Hubble Space Telescope website. This time I chose four of my favorites from their Nebulae section.

This first photograph is titled: Stellar "Eggs" Emerge from Molecular Cloud: Closeup of Evaporating Globules in M16



This one is titled: Star-Birth Clouds in M16: Stellar "Eggs" Emerge from Molecular Cloud. And my only thought is wow!




This is the Reflection Nebula NGC 1999.




This is the The Bubble Nebula NGC 7635. This one reminds of a special effects for Star Trek--can't you nearly see The Enterprise making ts way through this beautiful place?


To visit the Hubble photo gallery click Here.
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous9:43 AM

    Ben, too true. You should put up whatever you like here on your blog. One of the reasons I love you blog is because of the diversity of the posts. Thanks for always keeping things interesting and for these latest photographs of space, they are truly beautiful and inspiring.

    -Kara

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  2. Anonymous8:08 AM

    You should check out this ESA series on the Hubble.

    http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=8DCB3F2E1AF98B48

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