Posted on 03/14/2023 11:45:46 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Stars are forming in the Soul of the Queen of Aethopia. More specifically, a large star forming region called the Soul Nebula can be found in the direction of the constellation Cassiopeia, whom Greek mythology credits as the vain wife of a King who long ago ruled lands surrounding the upper Nile river. Also known as Westerhout 5 (W5), the Soul Nebula houses several open clusters of stars, ridges and pillars darkened by cosmic dust, and huge evacuated bubbles formed by the winds of young massive stars. Located about 6,500 light years away, the Soul Nebula spans about 100 light years and is usually imaged next to its celestial neighbor the Heart Nebula (IC 1805). The featured image is a composite of exposures made in different colors: red as emitted by hydrogen gas, yellow as emitted by sulfur, and blue as emitted by oxygen.
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An elephant and a right-facing dog.
I suppose that could be two country fried steaks, but where’s the milk gravy? And the collard greens?
I'd say Siberian Husky, except the snout's too short. :-)
Right facing dog may be a right facing grizzly bear. Look at the size next to the elephant. The universe is a dangerous place.
It’s a panda bear-pig-buffalo.
Could it be Owl Gore, the man-bear-pig, trying to cool the universe?
Milk gravy and collard greens may have reflection light spectrums that were not in the spectrums chosen for display in the image. My guess would be that the scientists are planning to show up and eat dinner before others realize their sleight of hand.
If i was to actually approach this thing or any other nebula in a star ship would it look with my naked eye like these pictures i see or would it be just transparent gas?
I noticed the image logo - looks like Bill Dana (”My name ... José Jiménez”) is back!
Oh, hello, Mr. Soul, I dropped by to pick up a reason
For the thought that I caught that my head is the event of the season
Why in crowds just a trace of my face could seem so pleasin’
I’ll cop out to the change, but a stranger is putting the tease on
Not releasing the Milk gravy and collard greens spectrums so you could have first dibs, does make total sense.
Someone needs to check the cornbread and/or biscuit spectrum too.
Outline of a dog on the right side.
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