Wednesday, April 15, 2009

The Cosmic Eye

Then there's this famous photo from Hubbell:



Hey... You don't suppose? Nah...

"The scale of it all is outrageous. There are about the same number of stars in the Milky Way, our own galaxy, as there are cells in my body and there are at least 125 million other galaxies. The numbers lose their meaning; there have not been a million days since the birth of Christ, but when I try to talk about astronomy I start treating 'millions' casually because there is no other way to speak." (Sara Maitland)

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