The picture I chose is of the Carina Nebula. The Carina Nebula spans over a distance of a bout 300 light years, and is about 7500 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Carina. The brown clouds are dense clouds of molecular dust and gas, and are so thick and full of gas and dust that they have become this dark brown color. I chose this photo because I find it amazing that a nebula can span over 300 light years, and it amazed me when I thought about it that this picture could very well be a picture of mulitple light years of this same nebula in space. It is beautiful and expansive, and sort of unfathomable.
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