Amazing Photos of Celestial Beauty

re: Amazing Photos of Celestial Beauty

RTH8 — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:52:33 GMT

Reading these comments about the existence of life beyond earth conveys the vast opinion we have about this theory. So far no one has actually seen the life therefore it is theory, yes? There are a lot of quacks out there and many seem to publish their own thoughts to draw attention to themselves. I believe that the universe was placed for our amazement to try to comprehend the incredible Creator we have. And if we can comprehend just a little we can See that our Creator is magnificent, awesome, and truly creative. People are looking up to the stars for anything from the paranormal, to aliens, or to simply be amazed. What is truly the gospel in the stars, many make what they want it to be to create their own religion. One cannot get away from the fact that our Creator put the gospel in the stars. Such wonderful creations of almighty power and wisdom were not without a purpose. No plummetline of human understanding can reach the bottom of such depths. We stand on solid ground,however, when we say & beleive that the intent of the physical universe is to DECLARE & DISPLAY THE MAJESTY & GLORY OF ITS CREATOR, Hence, "The invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, bring understood by the things that are made, even His power and Godhead." When God created these heavenly worlds He said, "And let them be for signs." that they should be to signify something beyond & additional to what they evidence and express in their nature and natural offices, that these ords of light should be made to bear, express, record, and convey some special teaching different from what is naturally deducible from them. So what the stars were thus meant to signify, over and above what is evidence by their own nature." For ages this whole thing has been left to a superstitious and idolatrous astrology which has befouled a noble and divine science and done immeasurable damage to the souls of men. Respect!

re: Amazing Photos of Celestial Beauty

Musica — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:31:43 GMT

1. Dr. Mercola is an individual with a higher mind and purpose, fact demonstrated also by his creation of this online newsletter and blogs. I am being grateful for the existence of this website, and the chance I get to connect with other people.

2. a. In Shirley Maclaine's book "Out On A Limb" one of the characters (with fictional name, but a real person), falls irremediably in love, and works with a beautiful woman come with a group from the Pleiades galaxy.

b. The Crystal Cranium

c. UFO landing marks on the ground

d. Crop Circles

e. More evidence of ET activity on Earth...

re: Amazing Photos of Celestial Beauty

4Hand Healthy — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:49:58 GMT

LIfe on THIS planet can be difficult enough, so why worry if there's life anywhere else. If there is we'll know soon enough.

re: Amazing Photos of Celestial Beauty

RuralLife — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:11:40 GMT

For anyone that likes views of our galaxy and beyond, check out NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/.../astropix.html There is a new photo every day. The archives go back to June of 1995. You can do sorts based on what you are looking for. It is a glorious "pause" in the day and informative as well.

re: Amazing Photos of Celestial Beauty

Mercola Fan — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:05:09 GMT

It might be interesting to note for the rest of the mercola community that for the last week and until as recent as yesterday there was a response posted by me (mercolaFAN) to Mr Bianchi's reply to my original post that was both thoughtful and respectful>> and had POSITIVE votes (please see Mr Bianchi's post with neg votes).

It is now GONE. Several people here have made the observation that when they offer a valid opinion contrary to Mr Bianchi, they receive a "demotion" in their rank on this forum and their post gets removed from the discussion. If you look you will see Mr Bianchi posts an opinion on almost every article (almost a thousand since this system started) within the first few hours it is offered.. often the FIRST to post. For someone to have this kind of time, access and availability they would need to work within the mercola organization on staff. For the record..I would like to offer that I object to the censoring and removal of posts from this forum unless the post is in violation of the stated guidelines.

I will summarize the post that was removed..

It basically said: You are entitled, Mr Bianchi.. to have your own opinion, free of ridicule (a courtesy that was not afforded to me) ..in the end you are no better than the rest of us...we are all just eathlings

re: Amazing Photos of Celestial Beauty

sandman4224 — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:29:22 GMT

Another website to discover is www.thunderbolts.info which builds upon the hypothesis of and electric universe which is repeatable in the lab. Many of the cave drawings in antiquity depict what was seen in the skys which may have been quite different than what we see today. The website has a "picture of the day" in which its relevance to electric plasma is discussed. Good stuff!

re: Amazing Photos of Celestial Beauty

Croft Woodruff — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:08:22 GMT

Ernie Jack's comment regarding the colourization of outer space photos of remote star systems is equally applicable to the inner world of electron microscopic photography.

Electron microscope photographs (micrographs) are also subject to tweeking and colouring for better contrast since the photos are only in black and white. There is no colour at the electron level.

This is why HIV/AIDS Inc. have never isolated and identified the so-called HIV virus. What has been published are pictures of cellular debris - colourized or not - or an artist's conception of what the HIV might look like - in short - a figment of someone's imagination. To produce a successful HIV vaccine one must have the virus and is why HIV/AIDS Inc has yet to produce an HIV vaccine that is safe for adults and small children.

No virus, no vaccine and no Nobel Prize.

If HIV/AIDS Inc. should ever produce an HIV vaccine that actually works without harm to the recipient - how will one know the vaccine actually works? By testing HIV positive?

re: Amazing Photos of Celestial Beauty

grafxman — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:33:52 GMT

In response to Ernie Jax. 1) Yes, these are not "real" colors. They map the radio wave/EM spectrum to approximate the Roy G Biv Spectrum we can see. Brightness of the color approximates the intensity of the signal. 2) They "enhance" the contrast, to keep it from looking "muddy."

But to say that these are not "real" colors is to ignore what is being done. Radio waves, Gamma Rays, and X-rays, are being used to "see" the Universe, in ways our eyes cannot. Merely assigning radio waves to "red" hues, and going up the EM spectrum from there, does not change the picture, any more than watching a TV does. These objects are so far away that visible light cannot reach here. It is shifted so much that we could not see it, even if it could make it here.

Before you "criticize" these pictures, at least learn a little about the process. I prefer to accept that I am "seeing" things I could never see in person, and enjoy "Nature's" glory.

re: Amazing Photos of Celestial Beauty

Ernie Jax — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:07:19 GMT

This will be a shock to everyone, but these are not "actual" amazing photos of the universe. Most of these color photos of the universe are not "real" - they are an artist's and scientist's interpretation (rendition) of what the object "should" look like. The photos are "color enhanced" - color is added where there is no color - tweaked and colored until they look what the engineers "think" they should look like. Colors are determined by what elements the scientists "think" comprise the object and they use colors assigned to those elements. These photos start out basically black and white and are "graphically manipulated" into a work of art. No way these are actual "amazing" color photos that everyone thinks they are. I would love to see a "before and after" photo.

Needsless to say, I was really shocked to find this color manipulation issue out - almost identical to the shock I experienced when I found out moneymarket funds can invest in commercial paper backed by subprime mortgages.

re: Amazing Photos of Celestial Beauty

preuglll — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:52:21 GMT

If you do a little research on the subject, you'll discover that there's lots of evidence of extraterrestrial life...on this very planet. Go to David Icke's website (www.davidicke.com), read a couple of articles there, read his book 'Children Of The Matrix' and/or any of his other books and you'll be quite amazed. Hiddenmysteries.org is another very informative website with lots of 'forbidden' knowledge. Michael Tsarion is another scholar who has done a lot of research on this and a number of other fascinating subjects. Via his website www.michaeltsarion.com you can read a lot about it and he has also written a very interesting book called 'Atlantis, Alien Visitation and Genetic Manipulation'. His DVD series 'Origins And Oracles' are also highly recommended. Sounds crazy? Do the research and you'll be amazed. Always keep an open mind and get rid of any dogmatic belief system.

re: Amazing Photos of Celestial Beauty

Magnolia — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:07:04 GMT

Are we so arrogant as to define Life on our terms? What then, is Life? Perhaps, these magnificent creations, swirling in rhythmic dances, one with another, are sentient in their own right. As our own cells have a consciousness of their own, it could be that we are the cells of a much larger Being. As Reesacat said, it puts it all in perspective.

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Russ Bianchi — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:51:51 GMT

It is not only reasonable, but highly probable, from this tiny "pale blue dot" we are not alone.

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Reesacat — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:48:06 GMT

Amazing pictures. Keeps the day's events in perspective.