Heavenly Skies

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Heavenly Skies

1 The Glorious Light

The Heavenly Skies have always been a mystery to man. The beauty of the sky and it colors have eluded us for centuries. The shapes and contours have always lured us into research to figure out how such beauty can exist. Man had for years debated what lay above those marvelous wonders that God and created. We know in part but will not know in full until we meet Him in the clouds! Then shall all mysteries and knowledge be revealed to us! Enjoy your view from on high!

9 Omega Nebula

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The photograph, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, captures a small region within M17, a hotbed of star formation. M17, also known as the Omega or Swan Nebula, is located about 5500 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. The wave-like patterns of gas have been sculpted and illuminated by a torrent of ultraviolet radiation from young, massive stars, which lie outside the picture to the upper left. The glow of these patterns accentuates the three-dimensional structure of the gases. The ultraviolet radiation is carving and heating the surfaces of cold hydrogen gas clouds. The warmed surfaces glow orange and red in this photograph. The intense heat and pressure cause some material to stream away from those surfaces, creating the glowing veil of even hotter greenish gas that masks background structures. The pressure on the tips of the waves may trigger new star formation within them. The image, roughly 3 light-years across, was taken May 29-30, 1999, with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. The colors in the image represent various gases. Red represents sulfur; green, hydrogen; and blue, oxygen. "Omega Nebula" by NASA, ESA and J. Hester (ASU) - https://spacetelescope.org/images/html/heic0305a.html (direct link)https://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2003/13/image/a/. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Omega_Nebula.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Omega_Nebula.jpg