Remnants of a Super Nova


	Remnants of a Super Nova

saragon

12-1-2006 1:43 AM

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space, cosmology, stars, planets, astronomy, beautiful, beauty, science, plasma

saragon says:

Awesome imaging of the aftermath of a supernova.

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12-1-2006 8:01 PM

manzilllla

that's sweet

12-2-2006 4:02 PM

haraya

Nice!

1-15-2007 3:40 AM

krispian

Funny how "macro" phenomenon resembles "micro": This image could have also come from a scanning electron microscope.

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