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Coolest Space Science Images of 2001

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-see dept.

Ant writes "The collective upward human gaze yields numerous special images of space every year. Being a curious lot with a certain mastery of technology, we keep looking deeper and with greater resolution at the most remarkable features of the universe, near and far." Eye candy, desktop source material, and it'll make ya feel insignificant too!

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  1. My fave... by Mannerism · · Score: 3, Informative

    For me, nothing compares to the Eagle Nebula (M16) pillars images. The fact that the universe contains things of such scale and beauty leaves me both wonderfully awestruck and horribly aware of our insignificance.

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  2. Re:Desktop images??!?! by Fatal0E · · Score: 3, Informative

    check out www.artofgregmartin.com

    He's got some really great space scenes that he did by himself but more importantly (to you) is that he even has some renders in 16x9.

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  3. Re:Wacked picture captions by moyix · · Score: 2, Informative

    On a slightly more serious note, it seems you can also put HTML into that caption, which opens up the possibility of all sorts of nasty JS exploits. Silly CGI designers...

  4. Coolest space images of all time by GPS+Pilot · · Score: 3, Informative

    As you might expect, the coolest images of 2001 are not as cool as the coolest images of all time. Of these, my favorites are the Eagle nebula and the Hubble Deep Field.

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