I'm the original poster and agree that in high probability that this is indeed a NATURAL phenomena ... which means I'm back on the fence once more !

Let's just allow this thread to die a natural death .....

There is another dark artifact, to the left of the one in question.(full zoom)
Also another slightly left and directly above, closer to the top of the image. (again, full zoom)
I think some of the theories are supported by this artifact, lending credence to the notion that this is a proto-formation of some kind.
My ethereal side however suggests that this is indeed something else entirely.

Great find.
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[edit on 8/15/2009 by reticledc]

[edit on 8/15/2009 by reticledc]

Considering that we don´t even know a hole lot about our own planet...whats the thing you point at on your picture?

Assuming it´s....?

The distances are vast so if they were ships......the second one looks a though it could be a hole in the gaseous cloud

Great find!! S&F

That is so strange. I look into it and it's just so.... black, like a void. Black enough to block every bit of light from the star.
I wonder what the universe looks like now, in real time. All we can see is the past. I know that helps us understand it all better, but I wish I could see what looks right now.

Thanks for posting this, I am even more amazed.

[edit on 15-8-2009 by sickofitall2012]

A quick observation from me. When I read the official description of the "disk's" size as 17 times that of our solar system, that number stood out.

In the occult, 17 is the number attributed to Osiris, the god of the dead. If it's true that TPTB dabble in this and use numbers as codes like some say, could this be a subtle message that this "disk" is a weapon?

Just a thought.

could this be the Rama spacecraft ?

Well I am really just at a loss here that no one has brought this up. First of all, what is this supposed to convince you of? If it is close to the nebula, this is an "object" of astronomical proportions (ie: think galaxies in size). If it is between Hubble and the nebula, somewhere in between, are we supposed to assume this is a "ship" captured like a snapshot?!

The Hubble telescope electronically images "photographs". They are never a snapshot. They can take days of gathering light electronically to create what you see as an end result. They are actually black and white and the "color" is added in for effect.

The point is that a ship/object/ET device certainly did not hold still for the entire imaging process and allow us to take a snapshot of it literally lightyears from the Hubble's position. Stop treating all "evidence" the same. This is not someone taking photos from his backyard. The Hubble will help us learn the rules of our universe; it will not allow us to spy on aliens.

[edit on 17-8-2009 by iwantobelieve]

Quite right. My guess is that it is simply dirt on the lens.
If you look at it it appears to have little connection with the rest of the pic and looks 'globule-ish', much like a blob of dirt or space-dust or whatever.