See the turtle of enourmous girth,
On his back he holds the Earth,
His thought is slow, but always kind,
He holds us all within his mind.

Snapping turtle, post hibernation. May be the origin for the idea of the earth carried on a turtles back.

This image doesnt even need a caption...

Attached are some older pictures of blackholes that predate the one released today, they are real, not simulations. Enjoy.

Just a reminder. Today's "first-ever" picture of a blackhole is not the first-ever. We have countless pictures of blackholes. This is just the first time we have been able to resolve the event horizon such that it takes up more than a single pixel. But like with all blackholes the blackhole itself is invisible and all you can see is the gravitational lensing around it. Something we have had for decades now.

It isnt the first ever photo of a blackhole, it is just the highest resolution of a blackhole we have.

#science #NASA #Blackhole

An X-ray of the head of a Hammerhead Shark, You are welcome.

Image from #Cassini right before it enter's #Saturn 's :boob_planet: atmosphere.

#astronomy #space #nasa #outerspace