Andromeda Galaxy

The largest picture ever taken has been released. It is an astounding 1.5 billion pixel image (69,536 x 22,230) requiring 4.3 GB of disk space. The picture just happens to be the Andromeda Galaxy!

The image was released on January 5 by NASA of our closest neighboring galaxy: Andromeda. The image was comprised of 411 Hubble Space Telescope images spanning an incredible 100 million stars and covering more than 40,000 light years. And that is just one section of the image!

See the amazing video and image below.

As I look at this unreal image I am reminded of Scripture, which says:

“And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” (Gen. 15:5)

“When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place.” (Psa. 8:3)

“He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.” (Psa. 147:4)

“The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.'” (Psa. 14:1; 53:1)

It’s hard for me to see the vastness of just one very small part of the known (and I emphasize known) universe and then accept the idea that there is not an Almighty, Infinite, Transcendent Creator.

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