space is really, really big.

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (apod) is spooky in its bigness:

"Over 2 million galaxies are depicted above in a region 100 degrees across centered toward our Milky Way Galaxy's south pole. Bright regions indicate more galaxies, while bluer colors denote larger average galaxies."

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3 Responses:

  1. zhixel says:

    Space is big
    Space is dark
    It's hard to find
    A place to park
    Burma Shave

  2. ultragnu says:

    What the fuck are those? Is that dark matter?