Cosmic Hand

This NASA photograph is pretty awesome. Here's the story and image:

"In a new image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, high-energy X-rays emanating from the nebula around PSR B1509-58 have been colored blue to reveal a structure resembling a hand reaching for some eternal red cosmic light." (rest of the story)

The Hand Image

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Permalink Reply by Tkay - Moderator on April 7, 2009 at 9:44am: Just how cool is that!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by QueenBellaMia on April 7, 2009 at 10:04am: That is so very cool.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Joe on April 10, 2009 at 12:57am: "Strong magnetic fields, 15 trillion times stronger than the Earth's"

MERCY! Great find LC.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Louis Charles, (LC) Publisher on April 10, 2009 at 5:17pm: Glad you likey...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kelly Ku'ulei/Seraphim on April 10, 2009 at 11:25pm: Beautiful....; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Wanda on April 16, 2009 at 4:34pm: Thanks for posting, LC. I saw it but thought it was a hoax---but it was reported by NASA.
The clarity is amazing, as you can actually see joints and "fingernails". Depending upon how you look at it, it could be either a right or left hand.

Blessings,

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Permalink Reply by Kat - Administrator on April 16, 2009 at 5:45pm: I would call it...The Hand of God; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Wanda on April 20, 2009 at 3:50pm: It looks like the "Hand of Man", but it is 17,000 years old. Mankind was struggling out of the Stone Age into the Bronze Age. "We" were using fire to make instruments to hunt and gather. Agrarian societies were beginning.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_millennium_BC
Again, it means something---someone out there knows what we are going through. Someone is watching.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jane on April 21, 2009 at 7:22am: WOW LC - that is an awesome shot. How cool is that. I saw somewhere the eye of God - a similar phenomenon in space - hopefully I will be able to find that as well and share it.

I agree with Kat - the hand of God, almost reaching out to cradle the dying star.

awesome sharing with us LC - if I find the eye of God photo, which was also from NASA I will add the link here as well.

blessings
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Permalink Reply by Jane on April 21, 2009 at 7:31am: FOUND IT -

it is the Helix Nebula

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap030510.html

enjoy - it is beautiful!!!!

I love the photos from NASA - they are awesome.

so now we have the hand and the eye of God....

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