Flame IV Size:14" x 14" (36 cm x 36 cm) The column is silhouetted against

The column is silhouetted against the background glow of more distant gas

The lunar surface feature in the left background is Stone Mountain

at least two lava flows were still streaming down the summit’s flanks as of Monday

This is one in a series of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the development of the largest storm seen on the planet since 1990

they also mimic ones that would have existed in the early Universe

Flame IV Size:14" x 14" (36 cm x 36 cm) The column is silhouetted againstThis image, the first to be released publicly from VISTA, the worlds largest survey telescope, shows the spectacular star forming region known as the Flame Nebula, or NGC 2024, in the constellation of Orion (the Hunter) and its surroundings. In views of this evocative object in visible light the core of the nebula is completely hidden behind obscuring dust, but in this VISTA view, taken in infrared light, the cluster of very young stars at the objects