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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnother beautiful image from APOD
The curve in the cloud is from bow shock from the star.

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Another beautiful image from APOD (Original Post)
alfredo
Dec 2012
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niyad
(134,039 posts)1. how beautiful--thank you so much for posting this
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)2. wow
My son's favorite subject in science is astronomy.
DCKit
(18,541 posts)3. After you've recced the post, right click and hit "view image".
Dayum!!!!
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)4. Beautiful image
Control-Z
(15,686 posts)5. So beautiful.
Wow. Seeing this is triggering emotions I can't put into words.
alfredo
(60,327 posts)6. Too bad we can't see such colors with our naked eye.
Amazing.
malaise
(297,995 posts)8. Freaking Wow - beautiful
Thanks alfredo - happy holidays!!
Delphinus
(12,557 posts)9. That is
simply *GORGEOUS*!
alfredo
(60,327 posts)10. Now to see if it will make a good desktop picture.
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