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Rolling fire - near the birth place of the stars!
Sky and Telescope magazine says it looks like “the roiling ocean in a Winslow Homer seascape.” It isn’t, of course. The light is coming from young, massive stars which are out of the picture to the left. This warms, shapes and lights the clouds of gases you see in this Hubble photograph of a 3-light year wide portion of what amateur astronomers know as M17. Makes a gorgeous, mind-boggling desktop. You can get more information and download your own high resolution image here.
Posted by Greg Stone at April 26, 2003 11:28 AM