Mind officially blown

All those years looking up at a hazy area of the sky, just a little brighter than the rest of the sky. They said it was the Milky Way. And I know what galaxies look like, but somehow I didn't put 2 and 2 together... didn't realize that a set of 20-second exposures, taken overnight from the darkest sky in Texas, and pasted together, might show you...

http://vimeo.com/4505537

Oh, that's a good one.

My brother sent me a similar link the other day. http://www.theskyinmotion.com/

You'll probably like a lot of those too.

The stars must be burning out like light bulbs, 'cause there were sure a lot more of them when I was a kid. :haha:

amazing shot of the milky way

anyway it was probably the milky way sucking the light out of those stars bruce

I have lots of unscientific ideas!

skysidhe;567800 wrote:

I have lots of unscientific ideas!

I have lost of unsavoury ideas, wanna trade?

Wow. Thanks for posting this UT, am going to email the link to Ma. She loves stuff like this.

very cool

Sundae Girl;567929 wrote:

I have lost of unsavoury ideas, wanna trade?

You mean, did it look like a giant vagina?:rolleyes:

And you all thought that the supreme being who gave birth to the universe was male?:lol2:

We get a pretty good view of the milky way from down here.

richlevy;568532 wrote:

You mean, did it look like a giant vagina?:rolleyes:

And you all thought that the supreme being who gave birth to the universe was male?:lol2:

Does this mean that chick I used to date is God?
([COLOR="LemonChiffon"]I am in so much trouble.[/COLOR])

glatt;567773 wrote:

Oh, that's a good one.

My brother sent me a similar link the other day. http://www.theskyinmotion.com/

You'll probably like a lot of those too.

I like that one. I can't see UT's post.

Awesome! Those links could have their own thread. IotN, perhaps. ;)

"The arc of the Milky Way seen from a truly dark location is part of our planet's natural heritage," said Connie Walker, and astronomer from the U.S. National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson, Arizona.

Yet "more than one fifth of the world population, two thirds of the U.S. population and one half of the European Union population have already lost naked eye visibility of the Milky Way."

link

Wow, that was beautiful. Thanks, UT. I have a friend who loves pix and such of galaxies and such. He'll love this link.

Woot! They look scary lol.

DanaC;574395 wrote:

Woot! They look scary lol.

If you like that stuff, we have hundreds and hundreds of them.

Some of them are stomp-down amazing. Especially the lost :( HIMEOBS recruiting film.

Do you have any links?

DanaC;574427 wrote:

Do you have any links?

Yeah, but the board is pretty much zipped up tight.

I plan on reposting them all at PD this weekend, though.

Oh very cool. I'll look out for them.

There is also this kinda fucked up video that Agent SillyCybin did:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbEagLSIz90

Bloody hell. That's seriously disturbing.

That's what happens when you let Scots anywhere near hi-technology, I'm afraid.