Wonder & Awe
Cathedral of darkness
This hauntingly beautiful image is no painting, but a real snapshot from our local universe. A recent Hubble Space Telescope image, it shows a nebula, or cloud of dust and gas, designated IRAS 05437+2502. Astronomers aren't sure what is lighting up this foggy region, especially the upside-down V-shaped formation near the top. From the Earth perspective, the nebula covers only one-eighteenth of the width of a full moon against our night sky, and lies toward the constellation Taurus, or The Bull.
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