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Old 15-09-2009, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by renormalised View Post
The problem here is too many people have been sold on the pretty pics that Hubble normally shows off to the public, that when a mundane, not so spectacular shot like this turns up, everyone goes "Geez guys, that's not what we expected". 90% of the shots taken by Hubble are exactly like this. All those spectacular shots are mainly just for show, some science thrown in, but mainly to "impress the natives".
Agreed. I mentioned in another thread that there a 2 types of Hubble pictures, one for the scientists, the other for public viewing.

This one must have accidentally slipped into the public domain.

Steven
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