Coloring Outside Our Box

two galaxies, taken by Hubble telescope 2010 NASA/ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team

"Never let an astronomer decorate your home," warns the Royal Observatory's Marek Kukula in this video accompanying the exhibition Visions of the Universe, now to Sept. 15 at the National Maritime Museum in London. The exhibit explores the photographs we have taken "out there," focusing on the colors that astronomers choose in order to highlight details or to represent colors beyond our visual range (beautiful video): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22912623