Nebulae
Giant 'Twisters' in the Lagoon Nebula
July 30, 2015 · ESA/Hubble
This Hubble Space Telescope ( HST ) image reveals a pair of one-half light-year long interstellar 'twisters' -- eerie funnels and twisted-rope structures (upper left) -- in the heart of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) which lies 5, 000 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.
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