Picture of the Day - Experience Hubble's Universe in 3D
19 Mar 2010, 15:15 UTC
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This image depicts a vast canyon of dust and gas in the Orion Nebula from a 3-D computer model based on observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and created by science visualization specialists at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md. A 3-D visualization of this model takes viewers on an amazing four-minute voyage through the 15-light-year-wide canyon.
The model takes viewers through an exhilarating ride through the Orion Nebula, a vast star-making fa [...]
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