Hand of God?
May 5, 2009 on 6:50 pm | In Astronomy, Spaceflight | No Comments
A ghostly blue cloud seems to form an outstretched thumb and fingers grasping a ball of fire.
The amazing image was taken by Nasa’s X-ray observatory, which is orbiting 580km above the Earth.
It recalls pictures of the Helix planetary nebula, with its blue centre surrounded by white clouds which earned it the nickname “the eye of God”.
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