Nebula Cave (Messier 78) Jupiter A portion of Spirit's solar

A portion of Spirit's solar panels appear in the foreground

for the brightest stars

in this view of the two posing before the planet and its rings from NASA's Cassini spacecraft

Like poster paints run wild

Ripples tend to move slower than dunes

Nebula Cave (Messier 78) Jupiter A portion of Spirit's solarThis new image of the reflection nebula Messier 78 was captured using the Wide Field Imager camera on the MPG ESO 2. 2 metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory, Chile. This color picture was created from many monochrome exposures taken through blue, yellow green and red filters, supplemented by exposures through a filter that isolates light from glowing hydrogen gas. The total exposure times were 9, 9, 17. 5 and 15. 5 minutes per filter,