Truly Amazing

Computers can do some amazing things these days, and computer graphics can give you some startlingly realistic images. But I think it is incredible when nature trumps technology.

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Who would have thought that a moon of Saturn would look like the pumice stone sitting in your bathroom. On the technology side, who would have thought that we could send a camera 1.3 billion km off into space and get such incredible pictures.

And it is not just photos. We get movies from space, too.

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This image and movie are from the MESSENGER probe headed for Mercury. As it was leaving Earth, it took a series of pictures. The pictures were put together into a movie showing the Earth as the probe flies away. It looks like stock footage from any number of science-fiction movies, but this time, the images are real. I think it is really beautiful.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
~ Albert Einstein