Every month I browse through the latest spectacular images that come from the Hubble Space Telescope. I'm always amazed by what is going on in outer space. Chaos and supreme order paradoxically linked. One of my all-time favorite pics is this one--a mosaic image of the Crab Nebulae.
This Hubble image - one among the largest ever produced with the Earth-orbiting observatory - gives the most detailed view so far of the entire Crab Nebula ever made. The Crab Nebulae is a supernova remnant, an expanding cloud of debris from the death explosion of a massive star. Quite the space bomb! What I know about astronomy is not enough to stick in your eye, but I love it just the same.
Mother Nature can be just as impressive down here on the 3rd rock from the sun. Today she put together a doozy! The weather forecast last night called for cloudy skies and cooler temperatures. No mention of the quarter-size hail, tornadoes (yes, plural), torrential rains and Level 3-4 winds (135 to 200 mph) that hit Fort Collins and surrounding areas earlier today. One tornado touched down 4 miles southeast of our house, in the small town of Windsor. Deaths have already been reported and the destruction is unbelievable. We consider ourselves incredibly fortunate to be safe and sound in our home.Kristin
