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DID YOU KNOW? The first pictures of Earth from outer space were taken at an altitude of 105 kilometres in 1946
PILLARS OF
CREATION
Like an abstract castle in the sky,
this distinctive image of dense
interstellar gas and dust captures
the creation of new stars. This
photograph, which was taken by the
Hubble Space Telescope, shows
space matter 6,500 light years away
from Earth. The towering verticals,
formed in the Eagle Nebula, are
shaped by stellar winds from other
nearby stars. The production of this
shot wasn’t as simple as a
well-timed snap. Astronomers Jeff
Hester and Paul Scowen artfully
composed the original image in 1995
by combining 32 separate images
from four different cameras. This
2015 version, taken by the Hubble
Space Telescope, shows glowing
oxgen, hydrogen and sulphur.© Alamy