The Cosmic Hand of Destruction

[Ian David]

The Cosmic Hand of Destruction

This picture is totally freaking cool I have half a mind not to explain, and just make you stare at it and boggle at just how freaking cool it is.



But of course I must explain it!

First off, what is it? Obviously, it’s a giant blue hand reaching for a giant piece of cosmic smoked salmon! Dr. Manhattan must be hungry.

OK, duh, it’s a nebula, a vast structure of gas several light years across and located about 17,000 light years away from Earth. Since this is a Chandra X-ray observatory image the gas must be terribly hot; only the most energetic events can give off X-rays. So what’s heating the gas?

More:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/09/the-cosmic-hand-of-destruction/

[BeFree]

1. One time

After I had finished off a bottle of Ta'kill'ya all by meself, I put a match to the open end of the bottle and saw something just like that pic. Burp!

[hobbit709]

2. In the upper left of this picture

Giving us the cosmic finger

[TechBear_Seattle]

3. The cosmic finger, beside an even more cosmic ear

"Ok, can you hear me NOW?"

[chollybocker]

4. So God likes to toss his own pizza dough... What's the big deal?

Very cool.

[Canuckistanian]

5. It's Gawd reaching up to turn off the sunlamp - duh

Who knew Gawd looked just like George Hamilton.

[Delphinus]

6. This is just too cool!

Thanks for sharing!