This shot of the Orion Nebula pictures a hot bed of star formation. This Orion field, which is located 1600 light years away, is full of intricate patterns of filaments of dust. Dust is created in the outer atmosphere of massive cool stars and expelled by a strong outer wind of particles. Forming star clusters in the above image appear brown, while the central glowing gas is highlighted in red. Over the next few million years, the dust will be destroyed by stars or will disperse into the galaxy.
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