Wow... Just wow...

[RAY16]

This is so cool.

http://wires.news.com.au/special/mm/030811-hubble.htm

[Chimera[NL]]

Wow, I could look at this for hours. This is so beautifull. I wonder the colors are actually like this or if they just did that to make it look more clear. As they sometimes do when they show close-ups of micro-organisms or viruses.

[TopSecretBoy]

I'm with you guys on this one. They are fucking beautiful.

[TopSecretBoy]

Heh, it kind of makes you realise how insignificant we all are.

[RADiator]

Originally posted by Chimera[NL]
Wow, I could look at this for hours. This is so beautifull. I wonder the colors are actually like this or if they just did that to make it look more clear. As they sometimes do when they show close-ups of micro-organisms or viruses. Yes the colours are like this in reality (as far as photos indicate). Oh and nice find RAY, definitely interesting.

Some samples I came across (click to enlarge):

http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2004/10/images/a/formats/web.jpg (http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2004/10/images/a/formats/full_jpg.jpg)

http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/1992/29/images/a/formats/web.jpg (http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/1992/29/images/a/formats/full_jpg.jpg)

[Silence]

OMG! those r like really, really unreal. now thats art. "All art is an imitation of nature."- Seneca

[portzebie]

This is a fucking great find i could have this looping over and over all day the music goes well with the pictures I wish this was a screen saver:D

[portzebie]

Holy Shit When the animation first loads you can click on it and go buy the pictures + other goodies all in one zip file


A SPECIAL PACKAGE
The Best Of Hubble


Our exclusive Hubble collection includes:

An offline standalone version of the show in separate PC & Mac formats. These versions include an embedded Flash player which requires no internet connection or special plugin.
A special PC standalone version which expands to full screen mode with no "player" frame, has improved audio, and is in permanent loop mode.
A screensaver based on the show (without captions or audio) which includes many of the original images in a much larger and higher quality format.
he original soundtrack saved as a CD-quality (192K encoding) MP3 file
A specially commissioned extended Hubble musical work - based on the original soundtrack - exclusive to download customers. The piece is approximately 12 minutes long and encoded as CD-quality (192K) MP3.
The entire "Hubble Collection" is only available via download and costs just A$10 (approximately US$7.50). Total zipped file size is approximately 30Mb.

Hubble Collection Link (http://www.newstext.com.au/hubble/)

[Chimera[NL]]

Originally posted by portzebie
Holy Shit When the animation first loads you can click on it and go buy the pictures + other goodies all in one zip file


A SPECIAL PACKAGE
The Best Of Hubble


Our exclusive Hubble collection includes:

An offline standalone version of the show in separate PC & Mac formats. These versions include an embedded Flash player which requires no internet connection or special plugin.
A special PC standalone version which expands to full screen mode with no "player" frame, has improved audio, and is in permanent loop mode.
A screensaver based on the show (without captions or audio) which includes many of the original images in a much larger and higher quality format.
he original soundtrack saved as a CD-quality (192K encoding) MP3 file
A specially commissioned extended Hubble musical work - based on the original soundtrack - exclusive to download customers. The piece is approximately 12 minutes long and encoded as CD-quality (192K) MP3.
The entire "Hubble Collection" is only available via download and costs just A$10 (approximately US$7.50). Total zipped file size is approximately 30Mb.

Hubble Collection Link (http://www.newstext.com.au/hubble/)

Don't be stupid, just download the .swf file, decompile it and you've got both the pics and the music.

[NiteX]

That shit is fucking amazing! I want to see the universe!

[tisl]

Whoa, I never knew galaxies can collide..nice find.

[absolute_deviation]

One word: Heavenly

that's really beautiful. now this is stupid: NASA ( or maybe its some other org cause NASA wouldn't want to do this) is thinking of bringing down the Hubble space telescope becuase they say maintaining the telescope costs too much and is very risky because people have to go up there to work on it. Why on earth would some body be dumb enough to even think about bringing down Hubble? its the greatest thing we have.

[Jaredster]

Originally posted by absolute_deviation
Why on earth would some body be dumb enough to even think about bringing down Hubble?

Prolly because they say maintaining the telescope costs too much and is very risky because people have to go up there to work on it.

[Docta Beeeer]

The music makes it cheesy,
But even that degree of cheesiness
Can be overlooked when one considers
The beauty of the pictures.
Amen.

[Hobbes874]

Very awsome and beautiful indeed :) I think the music matches well with the images.

[absolute_deviation]

Originally posted by Jaredster
Prolly because they say maintaining the telescope costs too much and is very risky because people have to go up there to work on it.

yeah....prolly

[Downfall]

they arnt going to bring it down(at least no plans to do so curently) they are just going to stop sending repair teams to it and let it desentigrate on its own. If it poses soem sort of threat/problem when it finaly decides to come down they will make a decision then about whether to scrap it or let it burn up and crash somewhere(like canadia)

[karny]

also there are plans to send up a much better version.

[NiteX]

Originally posted by karny
also there are plans to send up a much better version.

Now that would be cool, but people would just bitch and complain about a newer one also. Blah blah blah waste of money, I hate people like that they should go shoot themselves.

[Jaredster]

Originally posted by NiteX
Now that would be cool, but people would just bitch and complain about a newer one also. Blah blah blah waste of money, I hate people like that they should go shoot themselves.

Yea screw the economy, we want fancy, expensive stuff :D.

[cr3am]

Originally posted by Jaredster
Yea screw the economy, we want fancy, expensive stuff :D. Bush already screwed it enough. We can stand to spend a bit to research the past of te universe.

[Jaredster]

Originally posted by cr3am
Bush already screwed it enough. We can stand to spend a bit to research the past of te universe.

I know, but there is always negitive nellys that want it to goto the economy and education and what not. I want to have a new telescope, what they need to do is build a very wide one so it gets better resolution.-

[Odm]

Originally posted by Downfall
or let it burn up and crash somewhere... They'd probably let it fall into an ocean, not into Canada...

But yeah, more money should be spent on exploring space and less on wars...

[Dying_Corpse]

Originally posted by Odm
But yeah, more money should be spent on exploring space and less on wars...

without war, space exploration of today would be what it was 40 years ago... so why don't you shut up... ok?

[Odm]

Originally posted by Dying_Corpse
without war, space exploration of today would be what it was 40 years ago... so why don't you shut up... ok? No.

What I meant was that too much money is spent on the military, and you shouldn't cut spending on space exploration for a new way to kill lots of people even more efficiently...

[Dying_Corpse]

and again... the rockets that were developed to kill more ppl faster were also used to send ppl in space... same technology...

want me to type slower so you can understand?

[REBEL_AU]

notice the link is .au
haha autralia ownz.
but yeah those pictures are just amazing.

[WhoGivesARatsAss]

God makes beautiful things!

[JerraMaya]

That was nice

[Trustkill]

this would look amazing on a digital projector

[Docta Beeeer]

Originally posted by Trustkill6six6
this would look amazing on a digital projector
So would my sphincter.

[tisl]

I don't think they should bring it down, but the US government doesn't really give a damn what I think.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3582433.stm

Oh yeah, and the replacement? It sucks.
The successor to Hubble - the James Webb Space Telescope - is not due for launch until 2011 at the earliest, and it will not have Hubble's ultraviolet capability. I thought things are supposed to improve over time.

[Downfall]

so they are sending up soemthing that isnt as good as the one before..???grrrr...