How freaking cool is this picture? It is a near-infrared image of Uranus from Hawaii, which clearly shows the rings of Uranus. Now, realizing that Uranus images are not really new to science (I wonder if astrologers new about them? Hmm.....four hunders years ago?) but to see such an honest picture like this, well, it somehow puts things in perspective. I dont know why this does it for me, but it does. Spooky. Imagine this was home. Imagine.
Just another ball of matter, gravitating around one (well, many actually) point of mass. Obviously it makes you stop and think. Well, it should.
QUOTED FROM www.badastronomy.com :This is pretty interesting– the rings of Uranus were supposedly discovered in the 1970s, but there is some indication that William Herschel — a brilliant observational astronomer in the 18th century who discovered Uranus in the first place — may have observed them 200 years before!
Taken, obviously, from Phil's site.
In consideration of the planets, I wonder if it ever came to a religious apologists mind that the fact that there are so many unused planets in our known universe (or, better stated perhaps: our known universe of the stipulated multiverse) suggests that he got a lot wrong before he decided on his favourite colours and stuck with the green and blue ball of rock. He screwed up many times before making the one he was happy with. Infallible? Heh. Multi-fallible.Anyway, just some thoughts that are most certainly not my own, but those of a contingent of like-minded aware people.
Go back and look at Uranus.
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