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[caption id="attachment_1845" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="The Horsehead Nebula from 'Ancient Light: a Portrait of the Universe' by David Malin"][/caption]
Today's Independent has a profile on Australian astronomical photographer David Malin. That's right, the mind boggling image above is a photograph, not an illustration.
"Photography has been crucial to the advancement of astronomy, it transformed it completely. We were able to see bigger and more interesting things than previously imaginable. Now digital technology reveals an even more mysterious universe that is just as interesting and beautiful," says Malin.
A selection of Malin's work ...