The Universe Today held a competition to ecapsulate the big bang, and/or the history of the universe in a tweet - which is limited to 140 characters. The top ten are here.
My fave is below the fold.
#sci140 starburst, molecule, amino acid, protein, cell development, cell division, sex, technology, war, religion, OK magazine. Â jonotrumpeto
And while I'm about it, what do you think makes this picture so pretty?
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The picture? What makes it pretty is fractals, but I'm guessing the answer you want is oil spill.
Nope - it's plankton.