I posted this solely because of it's erie beauty. This is Sharpless 308, located in the Canis Major region.

Hi Mountainman,

Goes to show how beautiful nature is .... thanks for posting the pic here

I might be crazy, but I can see a great image of a dog here.
Thanks for posting
Charlie

Charlie B Wrote:I might be crazy, but I can see a great image of a dog here.
Thanks for posting
Charlie

I know - I see an image of an Aghan Hound.

Don't know, could be a dolphin. Regardless, a beautiful sight. Thanks...

Stunning. Beautiful.

I'm with Don. Looks like a dolphin. It's also my desk top background now. Thanks !

Loren

I see the smoke trail from a ghostly 10 wheeler.

That's a very nice image! It's almost as if the more you look the more there is to see.

I echo Ralph's comment...Stunning, indeed....

So, where were you when you took that pic..???

A great photo indeed.
I'll show my antipodean ignorance and ask the dumb question ..."What is it?" and can you see it with the naked eye?
And I see a dog, but I had better be careful because it may be a psychiatrists' drawing, and all sorts of inferences may be had if you say the wrong thing.

Jack

Hi Guys, especially our American friends,

Thanks for contributing your tax dollars so that I can enjoy these great pics.....grin

MM's post was the April 23rd Astronomy picture of the day and the US taxpayers generosity will get you a new incredible one every day. Here's what it's all about;

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html

They have been doing this since June 16 1995: 'Neutron Star Earth' so going through the archives is going to take a while...a very enjoyable while though

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

I have an RSS feed on Firefox on my Linux box and an APOD widget on my Mac.
APOD don't start your day without it.

Tony.

My favorite is the Eagle Nebula.



http://hubblesite.org/gallery/

Truly beautiful pictures. What really amazes me is that even a z scale model of either of those, would be many times larger than our solar system!
I feel humbled in the presence of such vastness.

Here is today's image, titled "When Mice Collide:



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