What Did People Think of The Ultra Deep Field, When it First Came Out?

Question

I'm pretty curios to what people thought of the image when it was viewable by the public. Was it life changing? When was it released? Was anyone stunned?

Answer 1

I was impressed, to say the least!.... but then, with a little reading, I found out more about the picture, and THEN my jaw fell to the floor!.... I thought it was a picture of a pretty big chunk of the sky..... wrong... to find that the part of the sky was first of all, a very EMPTY spot as seen from here on Earth, and then to have it explained as being the ammount of sky one would see thru an eight foot STRAW????... well, that did it!.... I finally got a good solid idea of just how MUCH is really out there....... wow!....

Answer 2

The most stunning space photo I've ever seen (at the time) was the first time the "Pillars of Creation" shot of the Eagle Nebula was released, early in Hubble's carreer. Absolutely changed my visualization of what space meant; the 'wow' factor was unprecedented.



That said, first the Deep Field and next the Ultra Deep Field are the most spiritually significant images I have ever seen. I keep the UDF set as my Windows Desktop Background, and gaze upon it frequently. It is my church, so to speak, which I think says a lot coming from an atheist. The vastness of the Universe is so unimaginable, I don't think the human mind can encompass it.

Answer 3

They thought "wow, man, that's, like, ultra deep!"

Answer 4

My god! It's full of stars!



Well, galaxies actually, but the awe was the same!

Answer 5

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