St. Patrick's Day in Leichester Square

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The Moodiest Bridge

Vance Bridge, Washington

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Beryl var. Aquamarine with Muscovite, from the London Natural History Museum [Source]

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Clouds by Canaletto

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Blue Moon Adam Marshall Photography  Tumblr | Facebook | Flickr

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Star Formation in NGC 2467

NGC 2467 lies toward the southern constellation of Puppis, with many of the stars being about 17,000 light years distant. One might guess that the group of stars on the top is responsible for shaping the gas cloud on the bottom, but that is probably not the case. Observations of the stars in NGC 2467 show that they are a superposition of loose groups of stars at different distances than a coherent open cluster of stars energizing the nebula. Still, the above image captures various stages of star formation. The stars at the top have already formed and their birth nebulae have already dispersed. At the top left lies a very young star that is breaking free of its surrounding birth cocoon of gas. On the bottom of the above image, a bright wall of bright gas glows as it evaporates from the energy of many newly formed bright stars. Toward the center, deep dark lanes of dust hide parts of the nebula that surely are forming new stars.

Credit: NASA/apod.nasa.gov

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