Seed Magazine (which I've written for) has just put out a space slideshow: Traveling Through Time and Stars.
Michael Benson gives an account -- in words and pictures -- of a journey outwards, from nearby stars to nebulae to other galaxies to clusters of galaxies. The pictures alone are worth having a look at.
Beautiful? I don't know that that even begins to describe it, but it certainly helps give me a great perspective on what these different regions look like.
The idea of zooming out and looking at things on larger and larger scales really appeals to me. In fact, I think the slideshow fills in a lot of gaps for something like this video... (and if you're impatient, you may just want to start at the 3:30 mark or so)
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It makes me a bit sad when I think about how many people have no opportunities to - or no interest in- contemplating how vast and beautiful the universe actually is.
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Reminiscent of the Eames' work from long, long ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2cmlhfdxuY
(but they started from Chicago, gave a meter scale, and bounced back)