CAPTION: ORION NEBULA 
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File # GN5334 (P) Orion nebula


Gas plume in the Orion nebula, photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. This vast, glowing expanse of dust and gas, about 15 light years in diameter, is a birthplace of stars.

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