Galaxies on Earth

7 responses to “Galaxies on Earth”

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   !MimosaMicheMichelle!

   Aug 30, 2009 at 6:36 am

   Oh, yes! That gives me the feeling I am travelling far into space.

   This is intense heat and I feel bad for you. At least you have water nearby to cool down. Have a nice weekend!

   Nice capture of nature’s surprises!

   Des galaxies reflétées dans l’eau!

   Une baignade pour se rafraîchir! (A swim to cool off)

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   rass999 denis laframboise

   Aug 30, 2009 at 2:36 pm

   Surrounded by waterships of light….
   Also looks like fractal reflections from the sun

   Hello from my wife Epp.

   denis from Valleyfield, Québec

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3. 

   Vanita

   Aug 30, 2009 at 3:29 pm

   lol… That’s a good one… A black hole center full of galaxies instead of a galaxy center full of black hole!
   ‘-}

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4. 

   jurvetson

   Aug 30, 2009 at 4:18 pm

   and my black hole son at the gravitational core!

   

   Reminds me of my favorite big perspective quote from Magnificent Universe:

   Few stars ever experience a collision, whereas few large galaxies ever escape one. In our part of the Milky Way, stars are so far apart that they never collide: shrink the Sun to the size of a quarter and on the same scale, the nearest star would be four hundred miles away. But shrink the MIlky Way’s disc to the size of a quarter and it’s nearest large neighbor, Andromeda, would be just a foot and a half away, and the Milky Way’s satellites mere inches away. No wonder, then, that galaxies frequently bump into one another. (p.156)

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5. 

   Amateur-ish

   Sep 10, 2009 at 4:50 am

   Hey! I have tried to capture the twinkles from the sun on the water with no sucess! Great job!

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6. 

   Grace Z.

   Sep 18, 2009 at 11:39 pm

   Wow, very interesting. I actually did think it was a photo of stars when I saw the smaller version.

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7. 

   Duncan Rawlinson – Duncan.co

   Mar 12, 2011 at 10:41 pm

   Beauty!

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