God's Hand Found in Space!

I discovered these images on about.com discussion forums. They were originally posted by Dragon Attack and Flux55A, respectively.
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This is a new photograph from NASA. It was taken by the Chandra Observatory space-based telescope . It's incredible how much it looks like a human hand! I think it would make an awesome poster! It hasn't been given a proper name yet, but I think the God's Hand Nebula might be a likely candidate.
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This one isn't new, but I think it's funny because it looks like God's hand is giving us the finger! It's called the Keyhole Nebula.

Wil Reaches for the Sun

Photo taken February 18, 2009

I managed to get this really cool shot of my nephew Wil during a recent family beach trip.

Some More Kids' Sports Photos: Jack, Noah, and Zoe...

Photos taken September 27, 2008

My nephew Jack in deep contemplation while on the bench and then playing some tenacious D on the basketball court.

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Photos taken October 4, 2008


My niece Zoe playing volleyball. I couldn't get any good action shots because of the lighting in the gym.

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Photos taken October 30, 2008

My nephew Noah and his friend Nate playing street hoops near Clackamas Aquatic Park.

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I still need to get some good shots of my niece Haley...

Some Pics From My Road Trip: Part 3

These photos are from August 29 to September 1, 2008

Montezuma Castle in Arizona. It was pretty cool.
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Me at Meteor Crater, Arizona. I look very nerdy.
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The VLA (Very Large Array) in New Mexico. You may remember it from such movies as "Contact" and "2010." Aside from the Grand Canyon, this was my favorite place that I visited.
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Some cows in the fields near the VLA (radio telescopes in the background).
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An alien autopsy display at the UFO Museum in Roswell, New Mexico. Roswell was basically a Third World country with one nice UFO-themed main street for the tourists.
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A lizard I saw at a rest stop in New Mexico.
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Bottomless Lakes near Roswell, New Mexico.
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Me somehow standing diagnally at Bottomless Lakes.
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Some kind of giant vulture flying over Bottomless Lakes. I'm surprised the photo turned out this clearly!

Some Pics From My Road Trip: Part 2

These photos are from August 23 to August 28, 2008

Lake Mead, Nevada from a viewpoint near Hoover Dam.
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My camp at Lake Mead, Nevada.
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Hoover Dam. It was hard to capture the whole thing in one shot with my little camera.

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This is a mountain goat I saw at Hoover Dam.

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I saw this deer on the side of the road near the Grand Canyon.

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I saw this warning sign at the beginning of the Bright Angel Trail at the Grand Canyon. It basically says that the woman picture died from heat exhaustion even though she was a great athlete. I only went 3.5 miles down (and 3.5 miles back up), so I didn't have to worry too much about dying from heat and/or thirst.

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I took a picture of myself on the Bright Angel Trail about halfway to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

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A group of tourists on a horseback tour.

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A Grand Canyon squirrel nibbling on some litter.