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NASA tweets photo of Helix Nebula on Halloween, calls it 'spooky' eye
The space agency tweeted a photo to wish everyone a Happy Halloween and in true-blue NASA style, used an image of a celestial body - the Helix Nebula.
Keeping in mind the spirit of Halloween, the NASA centre in Silicon Valley has changed its name on Twitter to “NASAhhh!! Ames”, interjected by a series of Halloween themed emojis like the skull, the ghost and a shocked face.
It even tweeted a photo to wish everyone a Happy Halloween and in true-blue NASA style, used an image of a celestial body - the Helix Nebula.
“This space zombie has its eye on you!” they wrote as the caption for this photo.
They added that the “Helix Nebula is the spooky remains of a dying star, and will be ‘watching’ from hundreds of light-years away as you trick-or-treat tonight”.
Wondering where the ‘eye’ joke came from? It is because this nebula is truly shaped like an eye, with a red centre that resembles the pupil in our own eyes.
Check it out for yourself in the tweet below:
Netizens were delighted by this wish and flocked to the comments section where they said things like: “super cool post”, “Big Brother is watching you” and that the “cold particles are the most beautiful.”
Replying to the tweet, many made a ‘Lord of the Rings’ reference when they compared it to the Eye of Sauron or Great Eye.
Here’s what that looks like:
What do you think about this super cool space post?
