Monday, January 14, 2013

APOD 2.8

Blasted from a stellar gun are Orion's bullets, 1500 light-years in diameter for the loaded, dense calibre of a true celestial hunter. These hot clouds of gas are ten times the size of the erratic orbit of dwarf planet Pluto, aglow from ionised iron and streaked with yellow, shocked hydrogen gas from the hot nebula, the plumes up to 5 light-years long. This infrarred photograph was taken in Chile, displaying the wicked shots of the infamous Hunter.

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