How about starting a thread which celebrates beauty and nature and life and science. Share images you find captivating or meaningful or just simply beautiful. I�ll start:



The Spitzer Space Telescope caught this awesome image of comets colliding in the Helix Nebula (the red is the comet dust). It�s likened to the red pupil at the center of a green monster's eye.





This beautiful animal is a sea slug. It�s one of these soft bodied, shell-less molluscs called Nudibranchs.

An aye-aye
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An omnivore Strepsirrhini native to Madagascar, perhaps a descendant of Darwinius masillae, also called "Ida"?

It's got your eyes... (or is it ears?)





this one's really electrifying:

M.C. Escher, one of my favourite painters...

Nice...I like him too...



the wonders of modern photography:

AMAZING

casandra on Jun 8 2009, 11:35 AM said:

hobglobin on Jun 9 2009, 05:26 AM said:

this is nature or science?

one of Martin Amm's dew-covered insects.......described as bugs with bling....

Some Agar plate art... by ??



and a wreath from Dr Tsien (?), I guess it needs no more description.

Nabi on Jun 9 2009, 10:25 AM said:

Both....I think the hand is natural, and isn't crystal ball gazing a tried and true science? Post your pics BB.........