lol. I wasn't blown away!

Any good photos of Uranus?

If you close one eye and squint real tight you can see God's nostril in that last pic...


/celestial buggers

Full size TIFFs are here: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/galex

~3 MB each

Still no cure for cancer?

/firmly facetious

It sort of sucks to be able to see that yet not even dream about reaching it.

2003-07-28 12:47:21 PM MisterLegato


It sort of sucks to be able to see that yet not even dream about reaching it.

Just think: There's probably someone on a planet somewhere in a stellar system in one of those galaxies thinking the same thing

TotalGalaxies lets you view all the galaxies not just the top 50 for 5 dollars a month.

So, how much does a front page ad like this cost?

Taxes are ridiculous there. $90 a pack for cigs.

Galaxy, Schmalaxy. seen one you seen em all.

2003-07-28 12:41:28 PM labman

If it takes hundreds of photos, why does it just have one pic?

Well, it's better than no pictures, which seems to be the trend lately. :(

When people die, that's where they go.

My favorite Galaxy:

2003-07-28 12:52:42 PM keylock71

..or thinking "I can't wait to get there and enslave their whole population and feast upon their females."

You're in luck! We've got those types right here on Earth.

2003-07-28 12:52:42 PM keylock71

..or thinking "I can't wait to get there and enslave their whole population and feast upon their females."

I don't know why this post reminded me of it, but has anyone else ever read the short story compilation "Alien Sex"?

keylock71 : We are already here.....

2003-07-28 12:47:21 PM MisterLegato

It sort of sucks to be able to see that yet not even dream about reaching it.

So, I take it you've never watched porn?

I'm still trying to figure out "ultraviolet color" images.

Oh and karlandtanya, that was an absolutely FANTASTIC dig!

"...not even dream about reaching it."

umm... how 'bout "Star Trek" ???

I bet people back in 1700 were not even dreaming about flying, too.

2003-07-28 01:09:03 PM Ant

I don't know why this post reminded me of it, but has anyone else ever read the short story compilation "Alien Sex"?

Yup. SF Erotica--now, that's a narrow genre! For all you non SF fans out there, don't bother. As porn, this is very weak. As SF, it's decent, and it does contain stories by some of the masters (Ellison, Farmer, Niven).

My *favorite* "alien sex" story

Yeah, but do they have tenticles and cool-ass ray guns?

Only in Japanimation...

/eww

thanks for the pic link, Ant.

When you get a pic of E.T. flippin' you the bird I will give a crap.

Yeah, but do they have testicles and cool ass-ray guns?

Only in Larry Niven stories....

/eww

I didn't see a photo of a telescope

I have seen porn. But I have yet to dream of venturing
into other galaxies. That would be cool though - to go to other galaxies (not to dream of them).

I have dreamt of porn, though.

/some of my own deep thoughts

I wonder how bible thumpers think about galaxies.

I mean if God created Earth in one day and the rest of the universe in 1 day, man was he ever lazy during the earth day.

Or like what a waste in creating all those galaxies for nothing if life only exists here...

/intergallactic flamewar in 5, 4, 3, 2...

FarkinUP

Dream, then.

Somebody has to build the ships that sail among the stars. Who's to say it's not us?

We will get to the stars. By patience and planning and lots of sweat and time. Just like anything else we've accomplished. It won't be some farkin' aliens who come and hand it to us.

You'd better hope not. Ask any native person you know what they think of tehcnoligically advanced people who arrive in ships.

tehcnoligically advanced?

People what's got dem cool gadgets.

/D'oh!

C'mon, all these millions of dollars and they can't even focus the damned camera??

/nothing

We've lost all motivation to go beyond Earth's orbit (no space race, no commercial value), so let's just look at the pretty pictures and dream of the three-breasted, green-skinned beauties that mock us from afar......

- I wonder how bible thumpers think about galaxies.

Well, this Bible believer immediately thinks how the "Darwin Delusioned" easily assume that all that beauty just came about from purposeless & random activity with no thought behind it. I don't know what the "thumpers" think.

- Or like what a waste in creating all those galaxies for nothing if life only exists here.

The purpose of the stars was to give light on the earth & separate day from night & show when years/seasons/days begin. They are yet another sign of the Creator's power and ingenuity and they bring Him joy; that's not purposeless, especially if they assist in getting someone to come to
Christ.

fakemacgyver--i'm with you. how beautiful are the works of God.

Only one star separates day from night around here, all the others are just filler I guess.

life won't continue on earth the way it is forever, don't worry.

-if it is gods will that we interact with beings from other worlds...we will.

Bring light to the Earth ?

When a galaxy is ten billion light years away it's not exactly bright when its light gets here.

And don't get me started on the beauty of the works of God. If it was true that there was a creator, and I certainly hope it's not, then I'd like to give him a piece of my mind about the shoddy work he's been doing. This whole universe thing is clearly an early Alpha version, not fit for release on the market. If this is something a god made, it's a proof of concept, a demo -not a good one, either-. It's got you lot in it, the Firm Believers. Talking about how wonderful god really is. That makes this a marketing demo, which explains why the engineering stinks but the pictures look real nice.

If the stars are there to please god then that makes him a vain idiot, no ? Wasn't there something against vanity in the bible ? But that is for you clods who believe in that, not for the big man himself. Right. The beauty of the works of god... the duck-billed platypus. A mammal that lays eggs. What was he snorting when he came up with that one ?

- Bring light to the Earth? When a galaxy is ten billion light years away it's not exactly bright when its light gets here.

Oh c'mon. Yes, we know that; and yes, is should go without saying that I was referring to our star for giving the most light.

You actually hope that there isn't a creator? Well, I hope that you may be agnostic and are still searching for answers and help, which is good. Yet I can't see why you must criticize God and believers in Him.

- If the stars are there to please god then that makes him a vain idiot, no?

Surely not. They were another thing He proclaimed good at creation. It's not 'inflated pride' just to appreciate the result of something.

- The beauty of the works of god... the duck-billed platypus. A mammal that lays eggs. What was he snorting when he came up with that one ?

Beauty doesn't have to be related to outward appearance. What about symmetry and intricacies? Many impressive examples exist. Mankind is one of them.

http://www.angelfire.com/amiga/nut/4-Him.html

/same crappy quality as the galaxy-pics