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LTC Stephen F.
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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Monday, June 1, 2020 entitled "The Lively Center of the Lagoon Nebula."
Image: The Lively Center of the Lagoon Nebula - Image Credit- NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & Copyright - Diego Gravinese

Another spectacular image of a section of God's creation -colorized :-)

APOD background "Explanation: The center of the Lagoon Nebula is a whirlwind of spectacular star formation. Visible near the image center, at least two long funnel-shaped clouds, each roughly half a light-year long, have been formed by extreme stellar winds and intense energetic starlight. A tremendously bright nearby star, Herschel 36, lights the area. Vast walls of dust hide and redden other hot young stars. As energy from these stars pours into the cool dust and gas, large temperature differences in adjoining regions can be created generating shearing winds which may cause the funnels. This picture, spanning about 15 light years, features two colors detected by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. The Lagoon Nebula, also known as M8, lies about 5000 light years distant toward the constellation of the Archer Sagittarius."

Kevin Kendle - Lagoon Nebula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKibYhgDMx8

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Alan K.
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Another keeper Bill.....
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
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Wow...another excellent one. Good morning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price
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