Monday, December 11, 2006

Space, bitch!!



The Pismis 24 star cluster sits within the emission nebula NGC 6357 seen here in an image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/ESA/Jesús Maíz Apellániz/Instituto de astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain.

Simply gorgeous. Looking at images from Hubble always lifts my spirits.

1 comment:

Sandy-LA 90034 said...

Thank you! It lifts my spirits, too. I seem to recall a beautiful picture of "Birth of Galaxies" or something like that -- I was mesmerized by the picture -- it was awe-inspiring.