Potaru (M 81) Material:Stretched Canvas The fantasy-like landscape of the

The fantasy-like landscape of the nebula is sculpted by the action of outflowing winds and scorching ultraviolet radiation from the monster stars that inhabit this inferno

as on Earth

The presence of methane

Radiation from these stars carved out an expanding bubble of hot gas

as infant stars buried inside it fire off jets of gas that can be seen streaming from towering peaks

Potaru (M 81) Material:Stretched Canvas The fantasy-like landscape of theThe sharpest image ever taken of the large "grand design" spiral galaxy Messier 81. The image, constructed from a series of images taken with NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is among the largest ever released. Messier 81 is one of the brightest galaxies that can be seen from the Earth. The beautiful galaxy Messier 81 is tilted at an oblique angle on to our line of sight, giving a "birds eye view" of the spiral structure. The galaxy is similar to our