Hubble Deep Field: How a Photo Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Universe

Hubble Deep Field: How a Photo Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Universe book cover
Chapter One BOLD HUNT FOR DISTANT GALAXIES Astronomer Bob Williams and his scientific team prepared to take a big risk in December 1995 a risk that could have ended Williams distinguished career as a scientist It involved taking a series of photographs Williams was keenly aware that there was great power in certain photos Still fresh in his mind was the Blue Marble a magnificent portrait of Earth taken from high above by U S astronauts in 1972 It had caught the attention of people around the globe showing that they lived on a tiny fragile sphere floating in the vastness of space