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taliesin Posted Apr 15, 2009
Here's the NY Times take --
"It looks like a hand of God reaching out into the cosmos, but scientists say it's something just as incredible"
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/galleries/religious_sightings/religious_sightings.html
No, it isn't anywhere near that level of 'incredible', you numpties! 
Some of the others in that gallery illustrate the incredible power of pareidolia among the credulous... 
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Apr 15, 2009
That's a great photo. It's even more impressive than the galaxy I found which looked just like Leonardo da Vinci!
(Unfortunately I lost the galaxy and am not likely to find it again).
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Apr 15, 2009
You lost a galaxy?
Tal, it's a "cosmic hand"
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Apr 15, 2009
we may lose an entire universe one day, so why not a galaxy? 
i don't think the universe will lose much said day... 
anyway, yes, that is a magnificent photo 
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pailaway - (an utterly gratuitous link in the evolutionary chain) Posted Apr 16, 2009
(it's what I'd do if I were god)
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taliesin Posted Apr 16, 2009
The image actually has a stronger resemblance to the Flying Spaghetti Monster. 
Observe the noodly appendages! 
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Apr 16, 2009
yessssssssssssss
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Apr 16, 2009
I found that galaxy. It was lurking in one of GB's journals.
Here it is:
http://cas.sdss.org/astro/en/tools/...6.22633092&dec=5.8161691&scale=0.03
and here's a picture of Leonardo da Vinci for comparison:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Leonardo_da_Vinci.jpeg
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Apr 16, 2009
Well that didn't work.
Try this:
http://cas.sdss.org/astro/en/tools/chart/chart.asp?ra=236.22633092&dec=5.8161691&scale=0.03
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Apr 16, 2009
the resemblance is striking
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Moonhogg - Captain Coffee Break Posted Apr 16, 2009
Nah - it's not da Vinci, it's the little guy from the old Dire Straits video -
http://www.tooforward.com/musicwall/images/dire-straits-money-for-nothing.jpg
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Opticalillusion- media mynx life would be boring without hiccups Posted Apr 16, 2009
Sorry trying to find a thread ....the hand looks very 
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Apr 17, 2009
trying to find a thread 
i see nothing but threads around here
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Apr 17, 2009
Give me a clue Opti, perhaps I can help? 
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Opticalillusion- media mynx life would be boring without hiccups Posted Apr 17, 2009
It was the h2g2 Nodnol meet thread ...found it though
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- 4: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Apr 15, 2009)
- 5: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (Apr 15, 2009)
- 6: Moonhogg - Captain Coffee Break (Apr 15, 2009)
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