I normally would not mention a news story on the board, however the new photos from NASA from the Hubble are so incredibly beautiful, one looks like a huge butterfly. Anyway, I thought these photos would appeal to the creative spirits here, so have a peek here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/0..._n_280566.html

They are great. I figured they must be on the NASA website, too, and went to check. Sure enough, they are. You can make them full screen from the NASA page. (http://www.nasa.gov )

Those are so cool. Thanks for sharing.

Those are incredible photos!! I haven't seen them until just now! It is amazing what the stars make up in the sky! :)

DH is a hobby astronomer so he keeps me up-to-date on all the latest space stuff. It is amazing that Hubble still works at all, let alone that well.

Martina, you need to talk to that hubby of yours! :D

Didn't he mention, Hubble underwent a major repair and upgrade mission. She's been refurbished! What we are seeing now is the result of it's new state-of-the-art telescope. The photos are the totally stunning. I hope you saw them.

You can also sign up for their newsletter's via email...they will give you a heads up on upcoming eclipse's, meteor showers, etc... I get one or two a week from them :wink:

cool pictures! 8)