The picture taken of V838 Monocerotis star looks like firefox logo. The picture just edited by photoshop, and created firefox logo.
The star image isn't made in photoshop. Its a real image taken by Hubble space telescope late back in 2002 as i remember.
In Feb 2004 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...sion.jpg/800px-V838_Monocerotis_expansion.jpg is the image in question and if u look at the date of the icon of the 'firefox' its around the same time as the V838 thing which would of been news on astronomy sites/magazines back then so its highly likely if not a certainty that its inspiration for the logo.
politics? have a look where the tail (fire) is on the live pages of firefox (different than the program logo)... Isdrael?
Precious mind! Good artist! Bravo! I thought firefox logo was inspired by Taijitu or yin yang sign? anyways. Nice catch!