What was Sauron's 👁️Eye

Here's a fine picture of Sauron's Eye, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope viewing Fomalhaut, a bright star located just 25 light years away in the constellation Pisces Austalis. You can get the entire article from New Scientist online at this link. Now, back to fishin'...

...yet more at the "official" site, including more pictures, a substantial press release, and even some video. Enjoy!

It's Melkor! RUN!!!
What, he trained sauron and was kicked out of the universe.
Oh, it wasn't real.
Well, huge coidcedence, PJ must be freaked out.

Great link, Alcuin. What an awesome image! Maybe ME is out there in the stars.

I thought that he could'nt take form unless he had the ring, and when he got it he would have the power to give him self a solid state

A good question here is (raw will aside) how would he use the ring to get the power to have a physical phorm to use da ring?

Sauron had definitely taken the physical form during the War of the Ring. There are many evidence backing it, starting from Gollum, who claims to have seen his black hand and finishing with Tolkien himself, who in the "Letters" states that he had body (I can give you quotes if you like, I just happen not to have much time now).

And I suppose that he need not to have the physical form to use the power of the ring (after all Tolkien permits him to carry the ring of the drowned Numenor, where Sauron was drowned, yet his spirit is do powerful that he can manage the physical objects - again refernece in the "Letters").

I was trying to be ornery...

HLGStrider said:

Itz de Nazi spotlight. It haz wayz ov knowving ven you have a vring. . .

Gollum is pretty sure that Sauron at least has nine fingers and nine fingers suggest two hands which suggest two arms which suggest two bodies. . .gasp! Sauron has an evil twin!

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In the second part of the movie Gollum's dialog with himself looks like conversation between two Gollums - good and bad... If suggest that anyone wearing the ring gets an opposite twin with it... Then Sauron's twin should be good, yeah? Hmm, then we'll have two Isildurs, two Frodos... Cute evil Frodo (he really is cute when evil)... Or if Gollum sees two Gollums while there is just one, then Sauron probably has not 9 fingers, but 4,5... So just one hand... Or, no, it was Beren with one hand... So maybe Beren was Sauron's good twin?
Back to topic:1. Sauron could show just one part of himself to those with whom intercourse, so the palantir idea seems very interesting. 2. Sauron could have several physiques - for all the life cases, as he was Ainu after all, so - warrior, cat, eye... what else? 3. Eye could be a special trick to frighten the enemies. I'm not good at citing Professor's texts, but is it directly said that the eye WAS Sauron?