Floating Metropolis

[strongmanmike]

Still playing with old images :P

This time cropped and rotated my NGC 253 for a different framing than usual, kind of looks like you are approaching it in your spaceship ready for docking...?

Note the miriad of vertical gas streamers rising from all over the disk of the galaxy and particularly from the central regions..?..early morning venting plumes from airconditioning units on high rise buildings perhaps?

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/96166688/original

Mike

[tornado33]

Very nice mate, most times it is presented at an angle, looks quide different when seen horozontal like that. One must wonder what it would be like living in a solar system near the bright core. You'd never know darkness.
Scott

[iceman]

A very nice perspective. Home is that third rock on the left.

[Phil]

Another stunner Mike. Well done.
Phil

[Ric]

Love the anology Mike, the detail in this image is wonderful as well.

Cheers

[dugnsuz]

Lovely image Mike.
All you need is a few more frames a billion or so years apart and you would have a nice rotation animation!!!!
That 45 degree shift in orientation make a huge difference in the way I perceive the image - the mental image of a metropolis in space is spot on.

[zipdrive]

Stunning image Mike, love it!!

[Alchemy]

sweet. nice detail in the dust lanes.:thumbsup:

[winensky]

Just stunning, (sigh). Thanks for sharing these great shots