Hubble's Lagoon
10/8/10
The canvas of this beautiful picture is almost 3 light years wide and the colors mark emissions from ionized gas in the Lagoon Nebula. (Recorded by the Hubble Space telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys.) The nebula, otherwise known as M8, is a star-forming region in the constellation Sagittarious about 5,000 lights years away! This remarkable close up image shows "undulated shapes" sculpted by the the energetic light and winds from the region's new born stars. IT'S JUST SO COOL! And pretty.
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