HUBBLE THURSDAY

(Planetary nebula designated NGC 2818, which lies in the southern constellation of Pyxis. Click on image to enlarge.)

I'm adding another weekly event to my blog. Every Thursday, I'll post a very large photograph of some corner of space captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and available online from the picture album at HubbleSite. Because we can always use a reminder about how much bigger and more beautiful the universe is.

O WORLD, I cannot hold thee close enough!
Thy winds, thy wide grey skies!
Thy mists, that roll and rise!
Thy woods, this autumn day, that ache and sag
And all but cry with colour!
~~from "God's World" by Edna St. Vincent Millay

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