Fire horns
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Fire horns
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
I looked at this two galaxies that collided millions of years ago and are still separating as though it happened yesterday and as usual I am overwhelmed by the time-scale of the universe. I then rotated the image and it reminded me of the horns of a bull. Fire horns.
This image of a pair of interacting galaxies called Arp 273 was released to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the launch of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The distorted shape of the larger of the two galaxies shows signs of tidal interactions with the smaller of the two. It is thought that the smaller galaxy has actually passed through the larger one.
Original image and text by NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), further image enhancements and post processing by Weston Westmoreland.
You can learn more about what drives me in my blog:
http://inspiringthoughtsandimages.com/
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December 17th, 2014
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