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the spikes could be caused by refraction, couldn't they? There is a cloud of steam right in front of them.
I know if my eyes are a little watery and I look at lights the same effect happens. however, in those cases there are only four spikes...

but it could be refraction right?

oh I guess it would be at least the escape speed. hmm gravity always seemed a little strange to me. It is described as a large force where as the nuclear forces and electro magnetism are small. however gravity is minuscule in most cases. I know I may be a little rambling so I will put it a different...

you need a diagram
o and about the telescope. it doesn't look "farther" into space as much as it is looking deeper into the light


a bit of a non sequitor but it makes me think of fractals

earthrise is a deep and beautiful image, and horse head nebula is fantastic, and I think possibly the most beautiful, (at least the one with all the splashy colors) but my favorite is the one on the tesseract http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070318.html I love its description. "three dimensio...