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The New Yorker On The Best NASA Photographs of 2010

First Posted: 12/14/10 11:29 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:20 PM ET

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newyorker.com:

As a science geek married to someone who attended both Space Camp and Space Academy (and who introduced me to the wonders of astronaut ice cream), it wasn't lost on me that this year was the twentieth anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA's longest-lived and most productive space observatory. Hubble has brought us visions of space that are wondrously sharp and clear; though their purpose is scientific, the images have more than a touch of the sublime.

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As a science geek married to someone who attended both Space Camp and Space Academy (and who introduced me to the wonders of astronaut ice cream), it wasn't lost on me that this year was the twentieth...
As a science geek married to someone who attended both Space Camp and Space Academy (and who introduced me to the wonders of astronaut ice cream), it wasn't lost on me that this year was the twentieth...
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02:20 PM on 12/15/2010
This image shows the chaotic activity atop a three-light-year-tall pillar of gas and dust that is being eaten away by the brilliant light from nearby bright stars.
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Truly amazing image. And amazing sentence to describe it.