Desktop Wallpaper: Deep space nebula

by Mark Kaelin  |  August 30, 2012, 12:27am PDT  |  Image 11 of 19

Flame Nebula Close-Up

The Flame Nebula's suggestive reddish color is due to the glow of hydrogen atoms at the edge of the giant Orion molecular cloud complex some 1,500 light-years away.

Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler, Jan-Erik Ovaldsen

Flame Nebula Close-Up - Image 11 of 19

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