The Heavens Proclaim His Glory: A Spectacular View of Creation Through the Lens of the NASA Hubble Telescope

166 Pages·2010·2.93 MB·English

by  Thomas Nelson

A GIFT FOR
FROM
THE
heavens
PROCLAIM HIS GLORY
CREATED AND COMPILED BY LISA STILWELL
NASHVILLE DALLAS MEXICO CITY RIO DE JANEIRO BEIJING
The Heavens Proclaim His Glory
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WORSHIPING THE GOD
who created it all
As you turn the pages of
The Heavens Proclaim His Glory,
be prepared for your heart to soar into
the stratosphere of space,
worshiping the God who created it all.
ANNE GRAHAM LOTZ
Did you know?
One light-year is six trillion miles.
The milky way galaxy is 100,000 light-years across.
(That’s 600,000,000,000,000,000 miles.) There are about 350,000,000,000
galaxies in the universe.
NASA, ESA, and the hubble SM4 ERO Team ‘Tis there— Beyond the reach of earth—
That ever draws my heart away…
To wonder at the universe;
To think, to watch;
To dream, to pray.
KEVIN HARTNETT
Jet in Carina
NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STSCI)
Light Echoes from
Red Supergiant Star
THIS IS A NOVA-LIKE VARIABLE STAR
WITH SURROUNDING LIGHT ECHO.
IT IS 20,000 LIGHT-YEARS AWAY AND
13.7 LIGHT-YEARS WIDE.
IN THE BEGINNING
GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS
AND THE EARTH.
GENESIS 1:1
Silently one by one, in the infinite
meadows of heaven,
Blossomed the lovely stars,
the forget-me-nots of the angels.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW