alphaQuad wrote:
> go Sam go, did this one while thinking of you.
> 
> cheated actually with the Hubble Space Telescope
> 
> 2008 June 17: Eta Carinae and the Homunculus Nebula
> http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080617.html

AQ,

Nebulae are one of the most visually striking celestial bodies out 
there. Just imagine living on a planet close to one! Of course, you'd 
probably be bombarded with intense radiation. Extrasolar organisms (if 
they exist) living under those conditions probably have a high tolerance 
to excessive radiation, though.

Considering the amount of light attenuation in a nebula, I'd have to say 
that they are even less dense than our own atmosphere on Earth. From a 
distance they look thick enough to possibly support life without a 
planet. I sometimes wonder if there are creatures somewhere who can 
thrive under such low density, radioactive gas. It would be interesting 
to find out, but our methods for long-distance information gathering is 
still quite... undeveloped :(

Sam

P.S. Did you manipulate that image in any way?

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