# I am scared .. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 27, 2009, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-scared/490982 "2009-03-27T10:43:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-scared/490982/1 "2009-03-27T10:43:45Z")
…looking at this[photo](http://xeous.us/xeous/hubble_ultra_deep_field.jpg)sent by a friend. ( pl view fullscreen) Are you ? Are you not ? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-scared/490982/2 "2009-03-27T11:14:47Z")
Your scared of a photo of the universe? Why? It’s your ultimate maker…if you believe in that kind of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-scared/490982/3 "2009-03-27T11:22:08Z")
Now I’ve seen everything. ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-scared/490982/4 "2009-03-27T11:58:21Z")
I am not scared, but sad to think I will never get to go there. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-scared/490982/5 "2009-03-27T12:01:57Z")
but you \*\*are \*\*there ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-scared/490982/6 "2009-03-27T13:38:06Z")
That’s amazing. See the celestial body 23.003.006 units from the upper right transverse vector. Well the guy standing in front of the monolith on Argon3 was in my art class in high school. He used to fart a lot. Where he is from explains the strange smell. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-scared/490982/7 "2009-03-27T13:44:11Z")
Is that a composite photo? ETA: Uh, [I guess not](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Ultra_Deep_Field). Cool. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-scared/490982/8 "2009-03-27T13:46:17Z")
That’s the greatest image ever taken IMO. It humbles me beyond words. I’ve never been so moved by any image. What a marvelous species we are to be able to do such things. Really starts at 2:10 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgg2tpUVbXQ&mode=related&search=](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgg2tpUVbXQ&mode=related&search=) ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-scared/490982/9 "2009-03-27T13:47:51Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > Is that a composite photo? Nope. Hubble focused on a “empty” piece of sky for a long time and that is what came from it. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-scared/490982/10 "2009-03-27T14:36:52Z")
You see that star sort of near the middle, with the kind of cross-shaped rays coming out of it? That’s where the treasure is buried. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-scared/490982/11 "2009-03-27T14:53:34Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > That’s the greatest image ever taken IMO. It humbles me beyond words. I’ve never been so moved by any image. What a marvelous species we are to be able to do such things. > > Really starts at 2:10 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgg2tpUVbXQ&mode=related&search=](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgg2tpUVbXQ&mode=related&search=) Nice overview. And I liked the Kinks snippet at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-scared/490982/12 "2009-03-27T14:57:24Z")
“You spin me right 'round baby right 'round”…like a spiral galaxy. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-scared/490982/13 "2009-03-27T15:04:56Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > That’s the greatest image ever taken IMO. It humbles me beyond words. I’ve never been so moved by any image. What a marvelous species we are to be able to do such things. > > Really starts at 2:10 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgg2tpUVbXQ&mode=related&search=](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgg2tpUVbXQ&mode=related&search=) Is that Ride On as the soundtrack? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-scared/490982/14 "2009-03-27T15:05:00Z")
I look at that photo and it fills me with awe. Just think about how far it is to the next town, then the next state, then the next continent, then around the world. We live on a huge planet. But really, it’s just a tiny planet compared to some much bigger ones, dwarfed by a fairly unremarkable star. And all of those Billions and Billions of stars that make up our galaxy, and all of the millions of galaxies in our local area, and even in the loneliest, deepest regions of space, even more galaxies. I think about the vastness of it all, and it makes me marvel at just how incredibly huge my penis really is. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-scared/490982/15 "2009-03-27T15:19:12Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Is that Ride On as the soundtrack? _Shine On You Crazy Diamond_, Pink Floyd _Ride On_, James McCarthy _Living On A Thin Line_, The Kinks ---
**Author:** ![PeacePlease](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@PeacePlease](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeacePlease)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-scared/490982/16 "2009-03-27T15:22:01Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > That’s the greatest image ever taken IMO. It humbles me beyond words. I’ve never been so moved by any image. What a marvelous species we are to be able to do such things. > > Really starts at 2:10 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgg2tpUVbXQ&mode=related&search=](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgg2tpUVbXQ&mode=related&search=) Thank you so very much for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-scared/490982/17 "2009-03-27T15:23:37Z")
What a great picture! ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-scared/490982/18 "2009-03-27T15:24:31Z")
Hubble Deep Field! Yes! Love the Ultra Deep Field, too. I’ve been considering buying a poster of this for awhile now. Really makes ya feel insignificant, doesn’t it? To think that each feint little speck is an entire galaxy… Whoa! ---
**Author:** ![mariposalabrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@mariposalabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mariposalabrown)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-scared/490982/19 "2009-03-27T15:28:30Z")
That picture makes me feel great anxiety. What kind of fear is that, the fear of big things? I am petrified of whales, very large skyscrapers, that picture of the iceberg underwater, but that galaxy picture takes the cake. I need to go lie down. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-scared/490982/20 "2009-03-27T15:29:41Z")
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