====== Through His Eyes ======
I ran cross a pretty nifty-sounding contest[1] today, to create an image from Einstein's famous E=mc<sup>2</sup> equation written on a chalkboard.

You can see the image here: [[http://www.photoshoptalent.com/images/contests/einstein%20equation/fullsize/sourceimagesmall.jpg]]

The contest sounded pretty great, and the source image immediately inspired me to create my own entry.

I wondered what Einstein himself might have seen when looking at that chalkboard. Why not galaxies?

So, I was off on a hunt for public domain Hubble images of galaxies and came across a pretty awe-inspiring image of the M47 spiral galaxy:
[[http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/41/image/a/warn/]]

Some pixel hammering, chiseling, sawing, and sanding later, I had something I felt worthy to enter:

^ Through His Eyes ^
| {{through_his_eyes-800x600.png}} |
| Feb 2, 2008, Robert "Exile In Paradise" Murphey |

However, I decided not to enter it into the contest, because it was created with "the GIMP"[2] on Linux, not with Photoshop.

[1] Einstein Equation Contest: [[http://www.photoshoptalent.com/photoshop-contest/1922/einstein-equation.html]]

[2] GNU Image Manipulation Program GIMP: [[http://gimp.org/]]

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