The Advent of The Big Picture

Explore the complete Hubble Advent calendar and enjoy stunning images from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Written byPhil Plait

2008-12-29T00:00:41 | 1 min read

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A while back, I posted a link to The Big Picture's Hubble Advent calendar. Well, it's complete, and now you can peruse the whole thing. It's SFW but NSF dialup! Those pictures are mighty big. Hence the name.

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