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February 25, 2005
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In this picture, images of the early universe as seen by the BOOMERANG experiment.
In this picture, images of the early universe as seen by the BOOMERANG experiment have been overlaid onto the sky to indicate what size fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background would appear if a standard 35mm camera were sensitive to microwave light. The color map of the CMB images has been changed here to aesthetically match the rest of the picture.
Credit: Boomerang team
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