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Astronomy Picture of the Day - The Lively Center of the Lagoon Nebula
APOD.NASA.gov ^
| 25 May, 2022
| Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & Copyright: Mehmet Hakan Özsaraç
Posted on 05/25/2022 3:22:36 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: The center of the Lagoon Nebula is a whirlwind of spectacular star formation. Visible near the image center, at least two long funnel-shaped clouds, each roughly half a light-year long, have been formed by extreme stellar winds and intense energetic starlight. A tremendously bright nearby star, Herschel 36, lights the area. Vast walls of dust hide and redden other hot young stars. As energy from these stars pours into the cool dust and gas, large temperature differences in adjoining regions can be created generating shearing winds which may cause the funnels. This picture, spanning about 10 light years, combines images taken in six colors by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. The Lagoon Nebula, also known as M8, lies about 5000 light years distant toward the constellation of the Archer (Sagittarius).
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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05/25/2022 3:22:55 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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05/25/2022 3:23:38 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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The Giant on his Throne, reaching out to Everyone.
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posted on
05/25/2022 3:25:48 PM PDT
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PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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Does anyone see Kokopelli?
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posted on
05/25/2022 3:25:49 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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And people think there is no God
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05/25/2022 3:28:14 PM PDT
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goodnesswins
(....pervert Biden & O Cabal are destroying America, as planned.s )
To: MtnClimber
I’m always amazed at how many stars there are, heck, there must be... dozens.
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05/25/2022 3:28:54 PM PDT
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End Times Sentinel
(In the conflict between the stone and the stream, the stream will always prevail.)
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posted on
05/25/2022 3:29:18 PM PDT
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DannyTN
To: PIF
That’s a better name for it. It looks like no lagoon I’ve ever seen.
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posted on
05/25/2022 3:30:42 PM PDT
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Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: MtnClimber
Looking forward to visiting these places when I die and being able to understand them in a way that is currently not possible.
To: End Times Sentinel
I’m always amazed at how many stars there are, heck, there must be... dozens. I don't think I would be exaggerating to say there could be hundreds.
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05/25/2022 3:35:01 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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posted on
05/25/2022 3:35:29 PM PDT
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DannyTN
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05/25/2022 3:39:30 PM PDT
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DannyTN
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posted on
05/25/2022 3:50:42 PM PDT
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Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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05/25/2022 4:59:35 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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LOL, I don’t see it at all!😆
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posted on
05/25/2022 6:14:09 PM PDT
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telescope115
(Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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I should have drawn the ears.
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05/25/2022 6:18:35 PM PDT
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DannyTN
To: End Times Sentinel
And many have planets around them.
Gosh, there must be other planets out there - maybe dozens!
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05/25/2022 8:23:04 PM PDT
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Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: MtnClimber
That does look like it.
I thought about posting flute player, but flutes were too skinny.
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05/25/2022 8:54:28 PM PDT
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DannyTN
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