yet another pretty picture

yet another pretty picture

NASA recently released this false-color image of the Orion Nebula, a composite of the visible and ultraviolet data taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and the infrared data taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope.


I have created a couple of versions of this picture, suitable for use as desktop backgrounds: Click to see the 1024 by 768 or 1280 by 1024 version.

Update: Whoops! Apparently Photobucket resized the pictures; what was supposed to be 1280 by 1024 is actually 800 by 640, and what was supposed to be 1024 by 768 is actually 800 by 600. So, if your screen is a 5:4 aspect ratio, click on the supposed 1280 by 1024 image, and if your screen is a 4:3 aspect ratio, then click on the supposed 1024 by 768 image. It should still look the same as a desktop background as the original image does, just use the Stretch function when you select it as your background.

(hat tip to Centauri Dreams)

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