Here's a nice, long glimpse back towards our beginnings. *Much* further back than 6.000 years ago, I might add. All the way back to when our observable universe was a mere 2 billion hears old. You should pull down the image & stare at all the galaxy dots for a minute or two. It's good for the soul...
http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2008/pr-39-08.html My favorite photo in this class, however, is still the Hubble ultra-deep field, in visible light looking back about 13 billion years: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Ultra_Deep_Field --Doug
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