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Stunning and informative image. I love it when science and art collide.

Backyard telecope in Central Idaho

Wonderful image. Amazed that the photographer found a spot with no power lines.

Looking at this photo and thinking of our distant ancestors seeing these same sights, sent a chill down my spine.

Nice series.

We lucked out and had clear sky last night. From our location in the mountains, the moon was already in totality when we rotated into view.

I wish we could depict galaxies (like the one on the right) as a giant gravity well ending in some strange object at the bottom. Maybe we could call it a" Black Drain"? No, that's not quite right… And since it developed over a long time I wish we could show it that way too. We could call ...

Nice shot!

Boomer12k wrote:Why does the edge on Galaxy have an "X" looking pattern???

Nice Pic.

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Thanks for pointing that out, I miseed it.

Lovely photo and very educational.

We had recently listened to a very informative astronomy lecture from the archives of Gresham College by Professor Carolyn Crawford about galaxies, which added to our enjoyment of this image. Educational and beautiful as well.

Great photo, lots of detail.

Thank you APOD and Adam Block for gifting us this combination of art and science.

Bryce Canyon is a beautiful place and the photographer was in the right place at the right time. Contrats! Makes a great APOD, a stunning view combined with science on our planet.

Very nice image. Recently we watched Professor Carolin Crawford's excellent lectur (2013) on comets from Gresham (London.)

http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-e ... lar-system

Very extreme conditions, beauty and science.

We recently listened to another great lecture from Professor Carolyn Crawford at Gresham on nebulas, so it is exciting to see this image.

Happy Birthday APOD.

This was one of the first websites we found when we first got the internet.

Thank you so much for the work you have put into this site.

This is a beautiful image of "star stuff".

Thank you Stephane Vetter, that was very nice video and the "Litríkur Stormur" was fantastic!

Nice.

Here's a lecture by Laird Close where he talks about this system and how he hopes this technology will ultimately enable us to image light coming off of exoplanets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVeTncz3G2Y&feature=youtu.be Some of the talking points from this lecture: - By analyzing Kepler d...

Good planning and timing! Great image.

A bit off topic, but we just watched a documentary that showed the hardships that astronomers went thru and many attempts to photo a solar eclipse to test Einstein's theory of general relativity. Then to come here and see this beautiful image at APOD was very moving.

We had cloudy skies - but folks south of us were lucky.

Boomer12k wrote:Beautiful.... To me it looks like an Iris... Or Foxglove....

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A dancing fairy or pixie.

OK, Time for Political Correctness to step in.... This a a beautiful shot, of a wonderful event...the MERGER of two galaxies, and the CREATION of new stars, and systems...planets...water...maybe even life....The Miracle that is The Universe. It is not a COLLISION, or "Car Accident"...it i...