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Galaxy Inside a Crystal Ball

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posted on Jun, 22 2018 @ 03:31 PM
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Amateur astronomers sometimes come up with brilliant and beautiful images of the cosmos.

NASA just uploaded an image on their mobile app that took my breath away. Easily one of the most creative, beautiful images of the Milky Way ive seen!





A small crystal ball seems to hold a whole galaxy in this creative snapshot. Of course,the galaxy is our own Milky Way. Its luminous central bulge marked by rifts of interstellar dust spans thousands of light-years. On this long southern hemisphere night it filled dark Chilean skies over Paranal Observatory. The single exposure image did not require a Very Large Telescope, though. Experiments with a digital camera on a tripod and crystal ball perched on a handrail outside the Paranal Residencia produced the evocative, cosmic marble portrait of our home galaxy


credit to the photographer, Juan Carlos Munoz


Please feel free to post your favorite astro-photography, and have a great weekend.



posted on Jun, 22 2018 @ 03:34 PM
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a reply to: CreationBro

Whoa!!! That is freaking cool. Nice find and thank you for a new wallpaper image



posted on Jun, 22 2018 @ 03:38 PM
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a reply to: CreationBro

Reminds me of the galaxy in the crystal ball the cat Orion wore on his collar in Men in Black



posted on Jun, 22 2018 @ 03:40 PM
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originally posted by: BlueJacket
a reply to: CreationBro

Reminds me of the galaxy in the crystal ball the cat Orion wore on his collar in Men in Black


That was actually the very first thing I thought of.



posted on Jun, 22 2018 @ 05:02 PM
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a reply to: BlueJacket

Same here. Maybe it was the photographer's inspiration?



posted on Jun, 22 2018 @ 05:09 PM
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Wow, very cool!

I like Milky Way photos with Zodiacal light.




posted on Jun, 22 2018 @ 06:26 PM
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You can get crystal spheres and cubes with a laser engraved galaxy inside, but those color photographs are way better.

www.dhresource.com...



posted on Jun, 22 2018 @ 06:30 PM
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We are all a part of something much greater than we can comprehend.



posted on Jun, 22 2018 @ 06:46 PM
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Looks cool... I definitely want one!


I think Leonardo da Vinci had a similar ideal with his Salvator Mundi painting, with a crystal ball representing the heavens above.




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posted on Jun, 22 2018 @ 08:12 PM
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Or you could edit your pictures to make miniture looking objects.




Or how about a Mini Andromeda left click on image for better view.


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posted on Jun, 22 2018 @ 08:19 PM
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a reply to: BlueJacket
a reply to: Allaroundyou
a reply to: CreationBro

It also reminds me of the ending of MIB.




What if the aliens are playing a game of marbles with us?




posted on Jun, 22 2018 @ 10:32 PM
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a reply to: RowanBean

Cant believe I forgot about that!
And I wouldnt find it too hard to believe that were in a game of alien marbles



posted on Jun, 23 2018 @ 01:56 AM
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Great thread! Stunning photos! Makes you really think about how profound life is with its beauty and wonder.




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