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Pictures from Space! Our Image of the Day
Pictures from Space! Our Image of the Day
By Hanneke Weitering 2 hours ago
(Image: © P. Horálek/ESO)
Monday, June 3, 2019: A colorful night sky sparkles over the La Silla Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert in this cosmic shot by European Southern Observatory photo ambassador Petr Horálek. As bright-green airglow looms near the horizon, red emission nebulas decorate the Orion constellation overhead. One of them is Barnard's Loop, which forms an arc around the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. — Hanneke Weitering
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https://www.space.com/34-image-day.html
