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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- IC 5067 in the Pelican Nebula
NASA ^
| August 22, 2013
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 08/22/2013 7:49:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: The prominent ridge of emission featured in this dramatic skyscape is cataloged as IC 5067. Part of a larger emission nebula with a distinctive shape, popularly called The Pelican Nebula, the ridge spans about 10 light-years following the curve of the cosmic pelican's head and neck. This false color view also translates the pervasive glow of narrow emission lines from atoms in the nebula to a color palette made popular in Hubble Space Telescope images of star forming regions. Fantastic, dark shapes inhabiting the 1/2 degree wide field are clouds of cool gas and dust sculpted by the winds and radiation from hot, massive stars. Close-ups of some of the sculpted clouds show clear signs of newly forming stars. The Pelican Nebula, itself cataloged as IC 5070, is about 2,000 light-years away. To find it, look northeast of bright star Deneb in the high flying constellation Cygnus.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; cygnus; deneb; ic5067; ic5070; pelicannebula; science
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posted on
08/22/2013 7:49:40 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
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posted on
08/22/2013 7:51:41 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
To: SunkenCiv
Oooooooo! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!
Glorious!
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posted on
08/22/2013 7:53:50 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
To: SunkenCiv
Meanwhile.. on terrafirma...
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posted on
08/22/2013 7:55:39 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: mylife
Mother nature must have said, “Hold my beer and watch this” on that one.
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posted on
08/22/2013 8:02:24 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz......Nuff said.)
To: The Cajun
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posted on
08/22/2013 8:13:35 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: mylife
Those at the link are definitely due to erosion, but not sure about the one you posted.
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posted on
08/22/2013 8:18:52 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz......Nuff said.)
To: The Cajun
They are all from erosion of volcanic Rhyolite
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posted on
08/22/2013 8:22:01 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: The Cajun
I did not know the place burned in 2011.
Bummer
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posted on
08/22/2013 8:22:56 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: mylife
OK, I can buy that, but still looked stacked, guess it's the angle that gave me the stacked impression :)
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posted on
08/22/2013 8:25:52 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz......Nuff said.)
To: The Cajun
Wind, Ice, Sun, Water and relatively soft rock.
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posted on
08/22/2013 8:29:17 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: mylife
Looks like a really good place NOT to go hicking.
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posted on
08/22/2013 8:40:53 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: SunkenCiv
Took me a bit, but yeah, I see the pelican!
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posted on
08/22/2013 11:02:05 PM PDT
by
tanuki
(Left-wing Revolution: show biz for boring people.)
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