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

seahorse

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.

seahorse

photos Astronomy Photo of the Day, Kelly McCarthy

Glen Tickle
Glen Tickle

Amelia's dad. Steph's husband. Writer, comedian, gentleman. Good at juggling, bad at chess.