Eye of God

As I was preparing the sermon slides for pastor (as I'm accustomed to do), I came across something interesting. I'm not an avid fan of astronomy but I still find it fascinating enough. Enough to wonder at God's marvelous creation - the sun, and the stars that fills the universe. Google 'eye of God' and you will find the below image:

Eye of God - NGC 7293, the Helix Nebula

A website describes it this way: It's the closest planetary nebula to earth, "only" 650 light-years away, out toward the constellation Aquarius. Its "pupil" and corona are formed by fluorescing gases expelled from its imploding central star, which will finallly explode and die as a white dwarf. It was first caught by the Hubble Orbiting Space Telescope in 2003 and was originally discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding. Check it out on Wikipedia and be blown away. The "Eye of God" is also commonly known as the "Eye of Sauron" by some because it reminds some of Sauron's evil eye in the "Lord of the Rings" films.

God is watching us!