Specter in the Veil Nebula

By Alex in Pictures, Science & Tech on Nov 8, 2008 at 11:57 am


Photo: Paul Mortfield, Stefano Cancelli

Is that a ghostly specter in the night sky? Actually that’s part of The Veil Nebula, recorded through filters that show emissions from hydrogen atoms in red and oxygen atoms in greenish hues.

APOD has more details (and of course, larger photos): Link


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  1. CheeseDuck
    Nov 8th, 2008 at 3:14 pm

    Grah! Don’t eat meh!

  2. Pudifoot
    Nov 8th, 2008 at 11:17 pm

    It always amazes me how people can stare at ANYTHING and see aliens, or ghosts, or jesus, or elvis. I guess it is some survival thing that our brains evolved… but it still amazes me.

  3. Ali S.
    Nov 9th, 2008 at 4:45 pm

    @ Johnny Cat

    Argh! You beat me to it! :D

  4. Cyberziggy
    Nov 10th, 2008 at 8:21 am

    Cool… I can only assume that when Altair IV exploded, that somehow, Dr. Morbius’ creature from the ID survived.

  5. MENLOHEAVYWEIGHT
    Nov 10th, 2008 at 1:24 pm

    WOOOOOOOOOOOOH I AM THE GHOST OF THE PALNET PLUTO COME BACK TO HAUNT YOUR SOLAR SYSTEM.


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