[an0n]

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Put simply: Most of the pixels comprising that image, cover an area about a hundred million times greater than the distance between Pluto and the Sun.

And you people think your lives are the least bit important.

*laughs at the ants*

[Rictor]

'shoped.

[an0n]

"Shoped"?

[Corsair]

I think he means photoshopped. But it's not, it's coming from the NASA website.
Or at least, one would hope it's not been 'shopped.

*feels insignificant*

[an0n]

It's been PS'd in the sense that those collosal green rings don't really exist.

And they've probably touched up the contrast and brightness a bit.

But those are more just enhancements.

[Blitzerland]

Have we ever been important? One day, i'll conquer the Earth...then you'll pay...heh...THEN MARS! HAHAHAHAHA!!111oneone

Hee. My grand scheme of lurking around an0n until the evil of my soul rises to the surface has succeeded! THE WORLD (or forum...or house...or whatever) IS MINE!

*Runs off laughing insanely

[an0n]

If I were an admin here, you'd be buying a new modem right about now.

[Corsair]

You have (had?) your own board for that.

[redsniper]

What's up with all the green circles?

[an0n]

They're marking proto-galaxies or somesuch.

Balls of gas that have not yet achieved the prerequisites of sustained fusion reactions.

Basically, they're the oldest things to have ever been photographed.

[Rictor]

Except your grandmother.
oh come on, you set yourself up for that one.

BTW, I was kidding about it being PSed...but since it turns outI was technically right, I think I'll keep my mouth shut.

[Carl]

Originally posted by an0n
It's been PS'd in the sense that those collosal green rings don't really exist.

And they've probably touched up the contrast and brightness a bit.

But those are more just enhancements.

they've also colored it. all the hubble pics are in grayscale, and they color them after figuring out wavelengths and stuff.

[an0n]

That's kinda moot.

If they're taking a grayscale picture, finding out a star is red, then colouring it red, it's just the same as if it was a colour photo.

[Sesquipedalian]

Originally posted by an0n
And you people think your lives are the least bit important.

*laughs at the ants*

Size determines importance, does it?  By that logic, the guys in the Royal Guard have ever so slightly more cosmic significance than the Queen, trees are more important that human lives, and rusting abandoned cars are far more important than microchips.  

[an0n]

You can have all the Queens and microchips you want, but it's never going to make the slightest bit of difference to the universe.

Think if we had even Star Trek level technology. Or even Andromeda level, and could cruise between three galaxies in a matter of weeks....

IIRC the latest UDF images contain over 10,000 GALAXIES. And that's just the ones they can see.

[Kosh]

There HAS to be other life out there, with THAT much space.

[Clave]

I'm going outside now, I could be some time....

[Turnsky]

didn't they leave the hubble telescope staring at the same section of space for a fair amount of days to get that shot?

[magatsu1]

My life means more to me than some space dust X millions of miles away. Hell, my lunch means more than that..

[an0n]

Originally posted by Turnsky
didn't they leave the hubble telescope staring at the same section of space for a fair amount of days to get that shot?

I think this picture took 400 orbits, with a total of 11.3 days of non-consecutive time, to build.