Space Is So Beautiful

space is so beautiful Radio Image of the Week 🛰️ This cool image shows the coldest known spot in space! This is the Boomerang Nebula, and it has a temperature of just 1 Kelvin 🥶 Cold gas doesn't emit much light, but the sensitive detectors of @almaobs have captured its faint radio glow... (1/2)

A screenshot of a social media post presents a colorful radio image of the Boomerang Nebula, shaped vaguely like a glowing abstract figure in deep space. The joke comes from the contrast between the caption “space is so beautiful” and the strange, blurry, almost unsettling appearance of the nebula, which looks less beautiful than bizarre. It is used as a reaction to unexpectedly weird or disturbing images that are presented as beautiful. EN: A screenshot of a social media post presents a colorful radio image of the Boomerang Nebula, shaped vaguely like a glowing abstract figure in deep space. The joke comes from the contrast between the caption “space is so beautiful” and the strange, blurry, almost unsettling appearance of the nebula, which looks less beautiful than bizarre. It is used as a reaction to unexpectedly weird or disturbing images that are presented as beautiful.

• @afrosidemoon / 46561 2022-02-09