by neufer » Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:44 pm
bystander wrote:neufer wrote:NGC 604 is a very disturbing image IMO that sort of reminds me of the face of a vampire bat (and/or of Gary Oldman in his role in
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)). In order that the thread not to drift to far away from astronomy, however, I expanded '
DRAC ' into '
DIRAC ' whose modifications on general relativity might be consistent with observed
DARC Energy expansion.
Ok, I can see it, after you point it out. In the
annotated picture, the part in the hair is approximately where the upper part of the backward J is, and the head is leaning slightly to the right (our left).
Bram Stoker » Dracula » Chapter 19 wrote:<<Once I got a fright, for, seeing Lord Godalming suddenly turn and look out of the vaulted door into the dark passage beyond, I looked too, and for an instant my heart stood still. Somewhere, looking out from the shadow, I seemed to see the high lights of the Count's evil face, the ridge of the nose, the red eyes, the red lips, the awful pallor. It was only for a moment, for, as Lord Godalming said, "I thought I saw a face, but it was only the shadows," and resumed his inquiry, I turned my lamp in the direction, and stepped into the passage. There was no sign of anyone, and as there were no corners, no doors, no aperture of any kind, but only the solid walls of the passage, there could be no hiding place even for him. I took it that fear had helped imagination, and said nothing. A few minutes later I saw Morris step suddenly back from a corner, which he was examining. We all followed his movements with our eyes, for undoubtedly some nervousness was growing on us, and we saw a whole mass of phosphorescence, which twinkled like STARs. We all instinctively drew back. The whole place was becoming alive with RATS.>>
[quote="bystander"][quote="neufer"]NGC 604 is a very disturbing image IMO that sort of reminds me of the face of a vampire bat (and/or of Gary Oldman in his role in [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker%27s_Dracula][b][i]Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)[/i][/b][/url]). In order that the thread not to drift to far away from astronomy, however, I expanded ' [b]DRAC[/b] ' into ' [b]DIRAC[/b] ' whose modifications on general relativity might be consistent with observed [b]DARC Energy[/b] expansion.[/quote]
Ok, I can see it, after you point it out. In the [url=http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/n604/n604_anot.jpg]annotated picture[/url], the part in the hair is approximately where the upper part of the backward J is, and the head is leaning slightly to the right (our left).[/quote]
[quote="Bram Stoker » Dracula » Chapter 19"]<<Once I got a fright, for, seeing Lord Godalming suddenly turn and look out of the vaulted door into the [b]dark[/b] passage beyond, I looked too, and for an instant my heart stood still. Somewhere, looking out from the shadow, [b]I seemed to see the high lights of the Count's evil face, the ridge of the nose, the red eyes, the red lips, the awful pallor[/b]. It was only for a moment, for, as Lord Godalming said, "I thought I saw a face, but it was only the shadows," and resumed his inquiry, I turned my lamp in the direction, and stepped into the passage. There was no sign of anyone, and as there were no corners, no doors, no aperture of any kind, but only the solid walls of the passage, there could be no hiding place even for him. I took it that fear had helped imagination, and said nothing. A few minutes later I saw Morris step suddenly back from a corner, which he was examining. We all followed his movements with our eyes, for undoubtedly some nervousness was growing on us, and [b]we saw a whole mass of phosphorescence, which twinkled like [color=#FF4000]STAR[/color]s.[/b] We all instinctively drew back. The whole place was becoming alive with [b][color=#FF4000]RATS[/color][/b].>>[/quote]