The most sublime physics entity [include image]

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Loren Booda
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Please provide your idea and picture of the most beautiful physics object.
 
It may be a bit cliche but I find these two to be the most impressive.

This one for the sheer beauty:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillars_of_Creation

The most touching for me is the pale blue dot, because I find it touches me deeply and is one of those pictures that ought to humble people...

Dark, grainy background with faint diagonal reddish, greenish and pale streaks running from top to bottom, resembling a close-up of a light band against space.
 
Humankind demonstrates its mastery of physics in the single greatest engineering achievement in history. This is what we can do with how little we know.

[PLAIN]http://www.aerospaceguide.net/saturn_lv.jpg
(Source: http://www.aerospaceguide.net/saturn_5.html)
 
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Here's another of SN2003fg:

tp://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iLSmTPwJGZY/SoLCGxjw3WI/AAAAAAAAY88/gJmhSbfYgbs/s400/6.jpg

Hubble-style false-colour image of supernova remnant SN 2003fg: a glowing pink and magenta ring of bright knots surrounds a dimmer purple core, with a faint red arc beyond, set against a dark starfield with bright blue-white stars.
 
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Lacy33 said:
"bubbles of nothing" tomorrow at ISCAP

Kindly clarify?

I really don't know what you're saying here.
 
[PLAIN]http://dry-ice.com/images/dry_ice/dry_ice_385x261.jpg

Definitely the most sublime :biggrin:
 
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HeLiXe said:
[PLAIN]http://dry-ice.com/images/dry_ice/dry_ice_385x261.jpg

Definitely the most sublime :biggrin:

Dang it. I read the first post, quickly found an image of Iodine crystals, and then scrolled down to see you beat me to it :mad:
 
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HeLiXe said:
[PLAIN]http://dry-ice.com/images/dry_ice/dry_ice_385x261.jpg

Definitely the most sublime :biggrin:

Loren Booda said:
So much for your dry humor.

QuarkCharmer said:
Dang it. I read the first post, quickly found an image of Iodine crystals, and then scrolled down to see you beat me to it :mad:

Lololol...you people crack me up :biggrin:!
 
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