Be Excellent To Each Other

I'm assuming we've all seen this by now, but if you haven't:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/he ... /zoomable/
A high resolution photo of the Andromeda galaxy. Keep zooming in, every single point of light you see is a star*

Now combine it with this:
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archiv ... 7/image/a/
Which shows the amount of visible galaxies in a tiny empty black part of the night sky.

It makes you think. I'm currently thinking that I want a krispy kreme doughnut.





*to be precise, the vast majority are stars, some are clusters, and there are a few other galaxies in there too...

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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Hitchh ... the_Galaxy

Well now I've had to go and buy a dozen assorted Krispy Kremes. Cunt.

If you can get hold of some, look at the sky on a clear night through a pair of Krispy Kremes binoculars. It is almost shocking.

This looks pretty good:

http://en.spaceengine.org/