That would be the elaborate PhotoShop Earth/Space image by Israel Galindo - Baptist Theologian, artist, and hack artist? (his self description).
1. If this was a true, untouched image - would it not be copyright of NASA? If it is a NASA pic, the reproduction of the image without approval by NASA, or reference to NASA owning the copyright, is a major copyright infringement.
2. The colours of the distant galaxy are not the true colours that our eyes, or a camera lens picks up, from this position above Earth.
The colours of the distant galaxies in space photos are often retouched by NASA, to try give a more accurate idea of what we would see, if we were in deep space, viewing the particular distant galaxy.
3. The galaxy shot on the Facebook image, is similar to the NASA image of the Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1672, taken by the Hubble telescope, in deep space.
This photo of NGC 1672 has been retouched by NASA, to try and replicate what our eyes would actually see from the Hubble position.
APOD: 2007 April 18 - Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1672
