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Re: "Neat" Pictures

 

The Horsehead Nebula has been photographed many, many times; it deserves to be--it's spectacular.

 

This is one of the best photos of the Horsehead I've seen. Warning, it is over 700Kb in size:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0811/horsehead_caelum_big.jpg

 

Here's a bit of info:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081126.html

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Re: "Neat" Pictures

 

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Another type of illusion is called Trompe l’oeil, French for “fool the eye”, and that’s just what happens when first encountering Justen Ladda’s The Thing, painted in 1981. For those who enjoy crowing “photoshopped!” at every opportunity, no amount of computer trickery can duplicate the scene Justin Ladda presents to visitors who walk into the decrepit former theater in The Bronx where The Thing awaits
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Dragonfly Delight: Superb Macrophotography

 

he sight of a dragonfly on the wing is one of the more remarkable that nature has to offer. Here, with the help of some astounding macrophotography, we take a look at the life cycle of the dragonfly as well as its remarkable and unusual physiology.

 

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More:

http://www.scienceray.com/Biology/Zoology/Dragonfly-Delight-Superb-Macrophotography.369401

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