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Carina Nebula in its wonderful glory
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/13ad6298-5bc1-487d-8b21-92ac354032c4/1C2035A0-7EBE-4E71-B1D8-2948631E8147/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0805/carina07_hst_big.jpg" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0805/carina07_hst_big.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0805/carina07_hst_big.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/img/725BF571-1886-449B-8E01-15465028E82C" alt="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0805/carina07_hst_big.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.coolscifi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=193566" href="http://www.coolscifi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=193566" style="font-size: 11px;">www.coolscifi.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.coolscifi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=193566"><DIV> <B> Explanation: </B> What dark forms lurk in the mists of the Carina Nebula? These ominous figures are actually <A target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_clouds">molecular clouds</A>, knots of molecular gas and <A target="_blank" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030706.html">dust</A> so thick they have become <A target="_blank" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080323.html">opaque</A>. In comparison, however, these clouds are typically much less dense than <A target="_blank" href="http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/layers.html">Earth's atmosphere</A>. Pictured <A target="_blank" href="http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/16/image/a/">above</A> is part of the most detailed image of the <A target="_blank" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060316.html">Carina Nebula</A> ever taken, a part where dark <A target="_blank" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050110.html">molecular clouds</A> are particularly prominent. The entire <A target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carina_Nebula">Carina Nebula</A> spans over 300 <A target="_blank" href="http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/cosmic_distance.html">light years</A> and lies about 7,500 light-years away in the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.astronomical.org/portal/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=17">constellation</A> of Carina. NGC 3372, known as the <A target="_blank" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990719.html">Great Nebula in Carina</A>, is home to massive stars and changing nebula. <A target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta_Carinae">Eta Carinae</A>, the most energetic star in the nebula, was one of the brightest stars in the sky in the 1830s, but then <A target="_blank" href="http://www.aavso.org/vstar/vsots/0400.shtml">faded dramatically</A>. Wide-field <A target="_blank" href="http://heritage.stsci.edu/2007/16/supplemental.html">annotated</A> and <A target="_blank" href="http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/16/image/a/format/zoom/">zoomable</A> versions of the larger image composite are also available. </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1C2035A0-7EBE-4E71-B1D8-2948631E8147/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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