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NASA : Light Echoes From a Red Supergiant

nasa.gov — A light echo is light from a stellar explosion echoing off dust surrounding the star that produces enough energy in a brief flash to illuminate surrounding dust. The star presumably ejected the illuminated dust shells in previous outbursts. Light from the latest outburst travels to the dust and then is reflected to Earth.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jun 19, 2008

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Dou6, on 06/19/2008, -0/+10This stuff always looks fake, I think we actually live in a computer.
notwizt, on 06/19/2008, -1/+11It looks ***** amazing, that's what it looks like.
sindex, on 06/19/2008, -1/+9I've been goatse'd from 20,000 light years away.
cdigioia, on 06/19/2008, -1/+7So we're calling reflections "light echos" now? Shall we call echos "sound reflections" to achieve retard symmetry?

Great photo, ridiculous title.
NewWorldEH, on 06/19/2008, -0/+4This is beautiful! HUBBLE never ceases to amaze me...
inactive, on 06/19/2008, -0/+4Well that is because it is fake. This is yet another false color image where they replace the color channels with spectral maps creating a brilliant, yet fictitious image. In the actual visual range that we see, it is just a red dot...
lonewolfe, on 06/19/2008, -1/+5It's the master of the universe telling us Mozilla Firefox is the right way to go
RetroRufio, on 06/20/2008, -0/+3B1663r clearly lives in a computer running Linux with a proprietary video card.
VonCali, on 06/19/2008, -0/+3This has been on here before as the FireFox nebula:

Wikipedia Article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:V838_Monoceroti ...

Digg Article:
http://digg.com/space/Firefox_Logo_Spied_In_Deep_S ...
inactive, on 06/19/2008, -6/+9Looks like Uranus.
rupertd, on 06/19/2008, -0/+3they should have sent...a..poet
buckw1lde, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2Looks like Galactus is at it again. Damn you Silver Surfer.
erikhensarling, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2nasa.gov is unreachable. Houston we have a problem?
ROFLance, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2No, that would be this:
http://www.techfresh.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/0 ...
LZeppelinJ0, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2These kinds of photos will never get old
Buraken, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2Looks like an evil eyebal
stephenhacking, on 06/20/2008, -0/+1Now we have to find the Fantastic Four. And Vondoom if we can find him.
theguesser10, on 06/20/2008, -0/+1It's that guy from the Silver Surfer! He's coming to eat us! On the plus side that means there's a guy with a flying silver surf board around here....
opmike, on 06/20/2008, -0/+1I'll swallow your soul. I'll swallow your soul.
curiosity0cat, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1hole in one
LiberalsSuckAss, on 06/19/2008, -1/+2That's a cool picture, but that thumbnail looks a little like goatse!
FeloniusMonkey, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1Leapin' Lanny Poffo?
dbXXd, on 06/20/2008, -0/+1Yes, more fascinating pictures that mean absolutely nothing to you or anyone else on this mudball we call Earth.
Danby123, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1I always digg space.
Go science!
nydwarf, on 06/20/2008, -0/+1Interstellar cervix.
blorguehad, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1Dude. It just ate my soul.
manro76, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1It does actually look a little like the Firefox Logo. I can just see Bill Gates looking for one that resembles IE logo.
knightcrusader, on 06/19/2008, -0/+1If you look closely, you can see Deep Space 9 next to it....
GliTCH82, on 06/20/2008, -0/+1Buried for being 20,000 years old.
JakeCast, on 06/19/2008, -0/+0NASA = so hot right now
Daxx22, on 06/19/2008, -0/+0I see you Frodo!
contemporary, on 06/21/2008, -0/+0Wow, superb, I just feel how big is universe and what is our existance in this vast space. damn

http://digg.com/celebrity/Tiffany_Table_Lamps_Deal
thedp, on 06/19/2008, -2/+2Looks scary...
styx31989, on 06/19/2008, -1/+1OM NOM NOM
aupton, on 06/19/2008, -2/+1I knew I had seen that picture before, It's really Nibiru... and it's getting brighter... and closer ?

http://www.greatdreams.com/nibiru-possible.jpg
inactive, on 06/19/2008, -4/+3firefox...
inactive, on 06/19/2008, -4/+2Looks like a bloody stool sample.
cerejota, on 06/19/2008, -4/+1Goddidit? *****!
RockStarMVP, on 06/19/2008, -6/+0That's bad ass looking
Skinnytroll, on 06/19/2008, -9/+3IT'S GOATSE OH GOD
NRay7882, on 06/19/2008, -8/+2Looks like a puffer fish. See it? Red = mouth, black on both sides = eyes. Ppsh, photoshop can't fool me.
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