Google Sky

By the way, readers, I am deeply sorry I haven't posted in so long.  I have been busy with other activities and am glad that I can return.

Anyone who has looked at a picture of the Hubble Space Telescope Deep Field knows the wonder and beauty of the universe.  Of course, the universe is littered with rubble and wanton gases, but pictures of the vast, colorful galaxies and stars show that these do not make the universe ugly.  Sadly, most people don't have access to very many star charts and photographs.  That has changed with the creation of Google Sky.  Google Sky is a Google feature which can show views of the Solar System, the Hubble Deep Field, and several other space features.  Like Google Maps, it allows users to zoom in and out, and move around in space.  And no, there aren't UFOs.  I tried looking and there weren't any.  For those who love constellations, there is a special camera for these, though it doesn't have that many.  There are also features like Google Moon and Google Mars, which, as their names would imply, show maps of Mars and the Moon.  For all of you who are competing in Google's X Prize to send a rover to the moon (and I know there are many of you), using Google Moon is almost mandatory, to plan where your rover will move.  The sad truth is that the winner of the first place $30,000,000 prize will probably have to spend over $100 million to actually get there.  Another sad truth is that most Google users probably have know idea Google Sky even exists.  To explore space in Google Sky requires exploring the hidden side of Google first.