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[anhinga_anhinga]

A nice Wikipedia featured article on ionised atomic hydrogen regions in space with some spectacular Hubble pictures, like this picture of star-forming pillars:



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[verletzer.livejournal.com]

impressive

[faceless-lady.livejournal.com]

it's gorgeous! I wonder what the size of these hydrogen clouds is?
When I was a child I dreamed to be an astronomer.This picture remind me how much I lost.

[anhinga-anhinga.livejournal.com]

Each "fingertip" is somewhat larger than our own solar system