<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/9a77bb12-7c27-436d-90ae-fa798bdc83d8/8C7F6691-5151-4F70-AEFF-41F41E9183FF/" 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/astropix.html" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html" 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/astropix.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/img/4C2D7671-9F42-4D69-A601-FAE948446D20" alt="See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></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/astropix.html"><B> Horsehead and Orion Nebulae </B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></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/astropix.html"><P> <B> Explanation: </B> Adrift 1,500 light-years away in one of <A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030207.html" linkindex="3">the night sky's</A> most recognizable <A href="http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/ 88constellations.html" linkindex="4">constellations</A>, the glowing <A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020213.html" linkindex="5">Orion Nebula</A> and the dark <A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081126.html" linkindex="6">Horsehead Nebula</A> are contrasting cosmic vistas. They appear in opposite corners of this <A href="http://massapoag.org/astro_2/nebulae/orion_mosaic/orion_mosaic.html" linkindex="7">stunning mosaic</A> taken with a digital camera attached to a small telescope. The magnificent emission region, the <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_nebula" linkindex="8">Orion Nebula</A> (aka M42), lies at the upper right of the picture. Immediately to its left is a prominent bluish <A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031002.html" linkindex="9">reflection nebula</A> sometimes called the Running Man. The <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsehead_Nebula" linkindex="10">Horsehead</A> nebula appears as a dark cloud, a small silhouette notched against the long red glow at the lower left. <A href="http://www.gb.nrao.edu/~rmaddale/Education/OrionTourCenter/ belt.html" linkindex="11">Alnitak</A> is the easternmost star in <A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090210.html" linkindex="12">Orion's belt</A> and is seen as the brightest star to the left of the <A href="http://drawsketch.about.com/library/bl-step-horsehead.htm" linkindex="13">Horsehead</A>. Below Alnitak is the <A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990713.html" linkindex="14">Flame Nebula</A>, with clouds of bright emission and dramatic dark dust lanes. Pervasive <A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090224.html" linkindex="15">tendrils</A> of glowing hydrogen gas are easily <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWNWaWUxS5g" linkindex="16">traced</A> throughout the region in <A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061015.html" linkindex="17">this deep field</A> image of the same region. </P></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;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8C7F6691-5151-4F70-AEFF-41F41E9183FF/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.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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