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Clinically Insane
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Sep 28, 2009, 04:55 PM
 
http://www.gigagalaxyzoom.org/images...09-fullres.tif

Warning: It's a 25MB high resolution TIFF, you'll probably wanna compress it. However, it makes for one hell of a desktop picture.

Here's a preview:
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Sep 28, 2009, 10:43 PM
 
mandolux.com has some amazing dual/triple monitor desktops! I have used his for the past 4-5 years...

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Sep 29, 2009, 10:45 AM
 
It might be of interest to know that what we are looking at is our home in the universe, the Milky Way Galaxy, as seen from Earth.

Incredible.
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Sep 29, 2009, 11:07 AM
 
Originally Posted by msuper69 View Post
It might be of interest to know that what we are looking at is our home in the universe, the Milky Way Galaxy, as seen from Earth.

Incredible.
Yep. It's apart of a project to image our known galaxy with super hires images. As I understand it, eventually there will be a composite image of our galaxy that will be unbelievably huge. You'll be able to zoom in and out with incredible detail.

It's going to take a long time, but the end result will be brilliant.
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