For this weeks Creative Photo, I peered into cosmic genesis and found the likeness of my little cherub gently encouraging infant stars into the Small Magellanic Cloud crèche.
If your curious about this small satellite galaxy NGC 602 (pictured) near the Small Magellanic Cloud it’s 200 thousand light-years distant. Surrounded by natal gas and dust, NGC 602 is featured in this stunning Hubble image of the region. Fantastic ridges and swept back shapes strongly suggest that energetic radiation and shock waves from NGC 602’s massive young stars have eroded the dusty material and triggered a progression of star formation moving away from the cluster’s center. At the estimated distance of the Small Magellanic Cloud, the nebula background picture spans about 200 light-years, but a tantalizing assortment of background galaxies are also visible in the sharp Hubble view. The background galaxies are hundreds of millions of light-years or more beyond NGC 602.
Adorable .. and clever …
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starry entry eh! beautiful!
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I adore this picture. How sweet.
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Such a sweet photo. Clever editing job ~
Good luck in the contest!
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A sense of pleasure from viewing this picture. Gorgeous entry this is!
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Excellent! Never fail to impress Dale!
Yes I use GIMP I discovered it one day trying to make a photo look better I was so glad that I did.
Thanks for the great Creative Photography submission and hosting last week!
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First visit I think. AMAZING photos on your blog
What a gorgeous photo and what a talented child… Guess she inherited creative talent…
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Stunning creative photo. I love the Hubble images, they are always amazing and you have used this one to great effect:-)
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This is an incredible photo, dale! It surely should win the contest! Good Luck!
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Wow! That picture is out of this world! Very nicely done and love the information you gave us about the galaxy, too.
Good luck in this week’s contest!
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There is nothing more magical than a little one discovering something as breathtaking as the universe. Ah, the wonder of children…if we could only maintain that as grown-ups!
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“Starry Starry Night”
This is such a beautiful image dale. It’s like getting a hug.
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Dale, you have amazing talent. This is one of the most beautiful photos I have ever seen. Very touching.
Blessings,
Kimmie
Ab-so-lute-ly stunning! The winner in my book
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Great composition…good luck
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