Media literacy and nebulas

Wow—Wired Science has been absolutely dominating the astrophotography beat lately. Here’s a feature that’s kin to one of those “behind the scenes at a magazine cover shoot” posts… except instead of Beyonce, it’s a nebula:

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Looking at the original snap, and then at the final product, I am stunned, as always, that all that stuff is up there. You just need electronic eyes to see it.

Related: I’m not the only one who’s been re-watching Cosmos autotuned every 15 minutes, right? 675,000 views, and 2,000 of them are mine.

2 Responses

    Thomas says:

    The mp3 (link should be on the youtube page) is forever ruining my iTunes playcounts.

    Andrew says:

    Every morning since you posted the link, I’ve started the mp3 playing as soon as I open my laptop for the day.

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