"The most important image ever taken"

Wraith · 11 Feb 2007

Link

Really makes me realise just how small we are.

Haven · 11 Feb 2007

Nice, I enjoyed that.

gringotsgoblin · 11 Feb 2007

I hate you, Wraith.

Wraith · 11 Feb 2007

gringotsgoblin said:
I hate you, Wraith.

Nice to know I've made an impact on someones life.

elDiablo · 11 Feb 2007

Love it! Cheers for the link!

thatbloke · 11 Feb 2007

I have one word for you.

Excellent.

Iron_fist · 11 Feb 2007

now all i have to do i try and find the 80MB JPEG copy of that image my mate had... it's so very very pretty

T-Bone · 11 Feb 2007

Nice!!!!!!

DeZmond · 11 Feb 2007

Thanks for digging this one up, it's really interesting.
Looking at some of the other HST photos just now. Like some of these:

http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/the_universe_collection/pr1999019i/
Amazing shot of a supernova in a galaxy

http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/1999/19/images/a/formats/print.jpg
Another shot of a full galaxy

http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/1998/18/images/b/formats/full_jpg.jpg
Hubble's highlights

Edit: Look at this one! http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2006/46/images/a/formats/print.jpg
Also: 14MB JPEG available!
Edit 2: Scratch that, this one has a 52MB "massive resolution" shot available! http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/galaxy_collection/pr2006010a/