The Cosmos: Photos from Outer Space

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Let’s go for a ride...

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Let’s go for a ride...

The Pluto SYSTEM

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NGC 602

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Saturn AND ITS RING

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Saturn AND ITS RING

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Star Cluster R136

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Jupiter’s AURORA

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Mars1 4 A T R I P A C R O S S T H E U N I V E R S E B Y N A S A

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Fomalhaut and FOMALHAUT B

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Fomalhaut and FOMALHAUT B

STAR HD 209458

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A T R I P A C R O S S T H E U N I V E R S E B Y N A S A 1 9

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LRLL 54361

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Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the Universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.Plato

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“The chances of finding out what’s really going on in the Universe are so remote, the only thing to do is hang the sense of it and keep yourself occupied.” Douglas Adams

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Red Spider NEBULA

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Red Spider NEBULA

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Star-forming Pillar OF GAS AND DUST

“You cannot hinder

someone’s free will, that’s the first law of the

Universe, no matter what the

decision.” E.A. Bucchianeri

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Star-forming Pillar OF GAS AND DUST

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Two MERGING GALAXIES

“The more grateful we are, the more we practice this in our everyday lives, the

more connected we become to the Universe around us.”

Stephen Richards

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Two MERGING GALAXIES

“Two things are infinite: the Universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the Universe.” Albert Einstein

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Starburst Galaxy MESSIER 82

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Starburst Galaxy MESSIER 82

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Antennae Galaxy RELOADED

“You have a right to feel the Universe is willing to provide

you with blessings, but not to the point that it cannot do

without you.” Stephen Richards

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Antennae Galaxy RELOADED

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Star on a HUBBLE DIET

“Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million

suns it calls me on and on across the Universe.” John Lennon

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New Stars

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Star Birth IN THE EXTREME

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Star Birth IN THE EXTREME

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Holiday Wishes FROM THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

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Holiday Wishes FROM THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

“The Universe rewards action” The Universe

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Arp 148

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NGC 2346

“The Universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely

indifferent.” Carl Sagan

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Mammoth STARS

“Synergy between thoughts and feelings reads the

Universe like an opened book.” Toba Beta

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“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the Universe to match your nature with Nature.” Joseph Campbell

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WFC3 IMAGE OF THE CARINA NEBULA

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WFC3 IMAGE OF THE CARINA NEBULA

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Stellar Demise of PLANETARY NEBULA NGC 6302

“The more clearly we can focus

our attention on the wonders and

realities of the Universe about us, the less taste

we shall have for destruction.”

Rachel Carson

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Stellar Demise of PLANETARY NEBULA NGC 6302

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NGC 4522

“The Universe doesn’t give you what you ask for with

your thoughts - it gives you what you demand

with your actions.” Steve Maraboli

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NGC 2346

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“All the world’s a stage.” William Shakespeare

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Mystic MOUNTAIN

“...in an infinite Universe, anything that could be imagined might

somewhere exist.” Dean Koontz

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Mystic MOUNTAIN

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NGC 660

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Close-up of THE TARANTULA

“The Universe has a way of giving us exactly what we

believe to be true or possible.”Dan Brule

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Close-up of THE TARANTULA

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Star Formation in NEIGHBORING GALAXY

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Star Formation in NEIGHBORING GALAXY

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CENTAURUSA

“So many other planets & stars

-- could all those stars set over barren

planets, beauty wasted? Or, are

sunsets witnessed throughout the

Universe?” David Self

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Star-forming REGION S106

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Star-forming REGION S106

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Solar Flare HITS HD 189733B

“You are a child of the UniverseCome to choose how to live here.

You are a child of the UniverseLoved beyond measure.”

Jay WoodmanARTIST’S IMPRESSION

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Solar Flare HITS HD 189733B

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“I am always in quest of being open to what the Universe will bring me.”

Jill Bolte Taylor

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“Believe something and the Universe is on its way to being changed. Because you’ve changed, by believing. Once you’ve changed, other things start to follow. Isn’t that the way it works?” Diane Duane

MACS J0717

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NGC 922

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NGC 922

“The Universe doesn’t give you what you ask

for with your thoughts; it gives you what you

demand with your actions. In essence, you

don’t get what you WANT, you get what you ARE.”

Steve Maraboli

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NGC 5189

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“The visible world is a daily miracle, for those who have eyes and ears.”

Edith Wharton

“Do you see, Arren, how an act is not, as young men think, like a rock that one picks up and throws, and it hits or misses, and that’s the end of it. When that rock is lifted, the earth is lighter; the hand that bears it is heavier. When it is thrown, the circuits of the stars respond, and where it strikes or falls the Universe is changed.” Ursula K. Le Guin

M 106

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Horsehead NEBULA

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“There is a force that drives everything in this Universe; you may call it anything you like, names that fit in tongue; when you’re close to it, you have the power to do anything.”

Toba Beta

Helix NEBULA

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“…the Universe…sets out little

signposts for us along the way,

to confirm that we’re on the right

path.” Michelle Maisto

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Carina NEBULA

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“The female body is a vessel, and the Universe drops its secrets into her far more quickly than it communicates

them to the male.” Edward Dahlberg

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“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the Universe about us the less taste we shall have for the destruction of our race. Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions, and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction.” Rachel Carson

Reflection Nebula IN ORION

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Reflection Nebula IN ORION

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In the PLEIADES...

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“We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the

means by which the Universe understands itself.”

Brian Cox

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Dusty Clouds IN THE MILKY WAY

“The reason why the Universe is

eternal is that it does not live

for itself; it gives life to others as it

transforms.” Lao Tzu

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Dusty Clouds IN THE MILKY WAY

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NGC 5866

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“Don’t give up! It’s not over. The Universe is balanced. Every set-back

bears with it the seeds of a come-back.” Steve Maraboli

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The Hourglass NEBULA

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The Hourglass NEBULA

“If you ever start taking things

too seriously, just remember that we are talking

monkeys on an organic spaceship

flying through the Universe.”

Joe Rogan

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Grazing BETWEEN TWO SPIRAL GALAXIES

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Grazing BETWEEN TWO SPIRAL GALAXIES

“The first principle of value that we need to rediscover is this: that all

reality hinges on moral foundations. In other words, that this is a moral Universe, and that there are moral

laws of the Universe just as abiding as the physical laws.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

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Galaxies in A SWARM OF STAR CLUSTERS

“Walk in the rain,smell flowers,

stop along the way,build sandcastles,go on field trips,

find out how things work, tell stories,

say the magic words,trust the Universe.” Bruce Williamson

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Galaxies in A SWARM OF STAR CLUSTERS

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Mysterious OLD SPIRAL

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Mysterious OLD SPIRAL

“The Universe is so well balanced that the

mere fact that you have a problem also serves as a sign that there is a solution.”

Steve Maraboli

“Just as heart is a fountain of unspoken words,the Universe is a womb of wonder weird worlds.” Toba Beta

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Glowing gas and DARK DUST IN A SIDE-ON SPIRAL

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Glowing gas and DARK DUST IN A SIDE-ON SPIRAL

“Love your neighbor, even the ones who do not show you the same courtesy. You can’t expect to receive love if you’re selective and not really willing to give it. What you put into the world, you will indeed get back, even if it’s not from the person you’re expecting it to be.” Alexandra Elle

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Dying Star’s TOXIC LEGACY

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Dying Star’s TOXIC LEGACY

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Orion’s lesser-known NEBULA

“I will tell you why we have these extraordinary minds and souls,

Miss Whittaker,” he continued, as though he had not heard her. “We have them because

there is a supreme intelligence in the Universe, which wishes for communion with us. This

supreme intelligence longs to be known. It calls out to us. It draws us close to its mystery, and grants

us these remarkable minds, in order that we try to reach for it. It wants us to find it. It wants union

with us, more than anything.” Elizabeth Gilbert

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Orion’s lesser-known NEBULA

Unique Red RECTANGULAR

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“We must use whatever methods

we can to understand the

movement of the Universe around us

and time our actions so that we are not

fighting the currents, but moving with

them.” Arthur Golden

Unique Red RECTANGULAR

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Trifid Nebula: STELLAR SIBLING RIVALRY

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Trifid Nebula: STELLAR SIBLING RIVALRY

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NGC 2346

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“Giving of any kind... taking an action... begins the process of change, and

moves us to remember that we are part of a much greater Universe. ”

Mbali Creazzo

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Pillars of CREATION

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“The stars up there at night are closer than you think.” Doug Dillon

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IC BEAUTY

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“The only order in the Universe is just a cycle of calm and chaos.” Toba Beta

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Gaseous Streamers FLUTTER IN STELLAR BREEZE

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“Divine sound is the cause of all

manifestation. The knower of the

mystery of sound knows the mystery

of the whole Universe.” Hazrat

Inayat Khan

Gaseous Streamers FLUTTER IN STELLAR BREEZE

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Frosty Leo NEBULA

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“A solid idea is a firm foundation of a Universe construction.”

Toba Beta

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Flocculent Spiral NGC 2841

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“Set your goals and along the way learn ride the chaotic waves of

the Universe without resistance. Its scheduling and course may

not be what you hoped for or anticipated, but embrace

it anyway with sincere welcoming joy. At the

end of the day it will inevitably turn out to

be the ideal timing and path all divinely

designed for you.” Carl Henegan

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“True gratitude, not mere verbal platitudes of thanks, is also a power in and of itself, which bursts forth from

our inner being to the Universe. Having received this power, the Universe must

respond, allowing more gifts to come our way.” Stephen Richards

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“When you reach

for the stars, you

are reaching for the farthest thing

out there. When you reach deep into yourself, it

is the same thing, but in the opposite direction. If you reach

in both directions, you will have spanned the Universe.”

Vera Nazarian