Taken with an 85 mm lens at f/2. Six pane mosaic, exposure time 60 seconds per pane. Minimal processing, mostly lens correction and curve adjustment. Example: before, after
This is a great shot. The fact that we can see the Andromeda Galaxy from 2.5 million light years away just drives home how mind-bogglingly huge that galaxy is, and how infinitesimally small our pale blue dot is. I love pictures like this.
When you think about how many intelligent civilizations could exist within the Milky Way alone (hundreds of thousands), then realize that there are billions of galaxies, which equates to trillions and trillions of stars and potential habitable worlds, that number skyrockets to millions upon millions of possible intelligent civilizations.
Imagine a species with similar intelligence and industrial development to ours in Andromeda, seeing our galaxy as it was over 3 million years ago, and wondering if any intelligent life exists here.
_bar on August 13rd, 2017 at 13:46 UTC »
Taken with an 85 mm lens at f/2. Six pane mosaic, exposure time 60 seconds per pane. Minimal processing, mostly lens correction and curve adjustment. Example: before, after
ThexGreatxBeyondx on August 13rd, 2017 at 15:04 UTC »
This is a great shot. The fact that we can see the Andromeda Galaxy from 2.5 million light years away just drives home how mind-bogglingly huge that galaxy is, and how infinitesimally small our pale blue dot is. I love pictures like this.
ParadigmTheory on August 13rd, 2017 at 16:45 UTC »
When you think about how many intelligent civilizations could exist within the Milky Way alone (hundreds of thousands), then realize that there are billions of galaxies, which equates to trillions and trillions of stars and potential habitable worlds, that number skyrockets to millions upon millions of possible intelligent civilizations.
Imagine a species with similar intelligence and industrial development to ours in Andromeda, seeing our galaxy as it was over 3 million years ago, and wondering if any intelligent life exists here.