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The Fairy of Eagle Nebula (April 25, 2005)
This is one of several striking dust pillars of the Eagle Nebula that seems to be a gigantic alien fairy. The dust sculptures of the Eagle Nebula are in the stages evaporating. Since powerful starlight whittles away these cool cosmic mountains, the statuesque pillars that remain can be imagined as mythical beasts or something of that sort... use your imagination. This fairy, however, is ten light years tall and spews radiation much hotter than the common fire we experience. The greater Eagle Nebula, M16, is a massive evaporating shell of gas and dust inside of which is a growing cavity filled with a spectacular stellar nursery currently forming an open cluster of stars. This image was developed in scientifically re-assigned colors and was released as celebration for the 15th year anniversary of the Hubble Telescope.
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