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A twisting and turning sea
Credit: NASA/ESA and Hubble
Dark dust twists and turns in this image of the Carina Nebula from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Starry Hunter
Credit: ESO
A hunter lurks in a starry sea in this image from the European Southern Observatory.
Glowy, swirly jungle
Credit: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
If you set out to find a starry version of “Where the Wild Things Are,” you’d find it in the Carina Nebula. All week, we’ve been exploring the way the swirls in the star cloud look like animals; a swift, caterpillar and an eagle, and sea monsters.
Carina’s Misty Mountains
Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)
Towering over the landscape of the Carina Nebula, a surreal, mist-enshrouded, mountainscape awaits travelers today. This dramatic image celebrates the 20th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Spitting Dragon
Credit: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
A dragon spits star dust in the Carina Nebula. This dragon is part of a huge glowing and swirling cloud of gas and dust. In this image we see star birth as well as star death within the Great Nebula in Carina, also known as NGC 3372.
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