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

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.

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.

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.

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?