Crab Nebula by Hubble
nut writes "I just wanted to draw people's attention to the Image Of The Day courtesy of The Hubble Telescope. There's a couple of other pages with a little more info.
I don't know how anyone can doubt the value of putting the Hubble telescope up there when it gives you desktop wallpaper like this :o)"
Hubble is amazing and all, and has produced some fabulous images (and maybe, just maybe some actual scientific data), but isn't it time to retire the 1 megapixel bird and replace it with a 5, or 16 megapixel, or perhaps a 4 gigapixel satellite instead?
"I'm not impatient. I just hate waiting." - My Dad