Fire (NGC 2467) Size:42" x 42" (107 cm x 107 cm) 2 million miles)

2 million miles)

The denser parts of the pillar are resisting being eroded by radiation much like a towering butte in Utah's Monument Valley withstands erosion by water and wind

is separated from the famous Orion Nebula (Messier 42) by only a dark lane of dust

This particular cluster is unique in more than one way

000 stars comprise the cluster

Fire (NGC 2467) Size:42" x 42" (107 cm x 107 cm) 2 million miles)A colorful star forming region is featured in this stunning new NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 2467. Looking like a roiling cauldron of some exotic cosmic brew, huge clouds of gas and dust are sprinkled with bright blue, hot young stars. Strangely shaped dust clouds, resembling spilled liquids, are silhouetted against a colorful background of glowing. Like the familiar Orion Nebula, NGC 2467 is a huge cloud of gas mostly hydrogen that