Friday, April 29, 2005

Your Monday Photo Shoot: Hubble's 15th Birthday

From John Scalzi over at By the Way:

Your Monday Photo Shoot: Hubble's 15th Birthday

Today marksthe 15th anniversay of the Hubble Space Telescope's launch -- and that being the case, I thought we'd do something special for the Monday Photo Shoot:

The Monday Photo Shoot: Show off your favorite Hubble Space Telescope image. Tell us why you love it.

This almost seems like cheating.... I LOVE the Hubble Site and have spent a lot of time there looking at images. There is no looking thru pictures to find a suitable one, or finding a suitable subject TO take a picture of and editing them and preparing them for web viewing. Just go to the Hubble Site, pick up my favorite (and yes, I AM a Geek and have a few favorites), save it to my computer and upload to my FTP space. Easy! And still, here it is Friday evening and I am just getting around to doing it <g>

I chose to feature this image for a couple of reasons. First, I like the name: Horsehead Nebula, and second I think it sort of looks like a horse's head, and third I like Horses <g>.

So, here it is, my favorite Hubble image:

Preview

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I've always been facinated with the pics that come from Hubble and this one is no different.  Excellent choice!

Sheila

Anonymous said...

oh now that one is just way too cool!

Anonymous said...

clap clap clapping Bravo, I love this. I can feel so much energy here!
I will be back for more exciting news....Stargazer

Anonymous said...

LOL! Greetings, fellow space geek!
I could have guessed the Horsehead Nebula would be your favorite! I have that one on my computer, too...

Anonymous said...

Isn't it amazing...the universe? I think that sending the Hubble up was one of the best things that man has accomplished in a long time. I remember seeing one photo called "God's Eye" I mean totally awesome, I never realized the array of  colors that abound....Sandi

Anonymous said...

Just catching up on my favorite journals. Awesome picture! I think it's my favorite hubble picture as well, being that it's pretty and it's the only one I've seen. Rock on!

Ari

Anonymous said...

amazing!  so very surreal.

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