While brows­ing around the web I man­aged to find some amaz­ing pho­tos pub­lished by the NOAO, or National Opti­cal Astron­omy Obser­va­tory. Design inspi­ra­tion can be drawn from anywhere!

Bub­ble Nebula

Orion Neb­ula

Horse­head Nebula

Christ­mas Tree Cluster

These images remind me of the nice Leop­ard back­ground that comes stock with any new Apple. They also remind me of designs like:

• Maca­li­cious
• 45 Royale
• OS X Leopard

What is a Nebula?

Neb­u­lae are clouds of inter­stel­lar gas or dust that are illu­mi­nated in some man­ner, usu­ally from the energy of nearby stars.

Want to see more?

• NOAO, National Opti­cal Astron­omy Observatory
• Wikipedia: Neb­ula