A Gorgeous Image From the Hubble Telescope Shows the Seahorse in the Large Magellanic Cloud

An image of the Large Magellanic Cloud taken in 2008 by the Hubble Space Telescope shows a large dark area slightly right of center that resembles the form of a seahorse. The image was taken in 2008 by Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 to celebrate telescope’s 100,00th orbit around the Earth. The dark area forming the seahorse shape is actually a pillar of cosmic dust about 20 light years long.

For comparison, here is an actual seahorse.

photos Astronomy Photo of the Day, Kelly McCarthy