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Cats Eye Nebula
The picture is taken by the NASA Hubble space Telescope of one of the most complex planetary nebula ever seen, NGC 6543, nicknamed the "Cats Eye Nebula".
It is an exploding star 3000 light years away. The nebula is a visual "fossil record" of the dynamics and the late evolution of a dying star. It was first viewed on 31st October 1999. The Qur'an mentioned it almost 1400 years ago:
"When the sky is torn apart, so it was (like) a red rose, like ointment." (Chapter 55, verse 37. Surah Ar-Rahmaan)
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Shame there's no pic attached...
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
I was going to say that I couldnt find it...
but then I found it on the wayback machine (it used to be on the "landing" page back then...)
A bigger version should probably be available onine, but this does its job.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Oh wow, it really is like a rose!
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi