
This image of the Elephant Trunk nebula from NASA Wide-field Survey Explorer shows clouds of dust and gas being pushed and eroded by a massive star. The bright trunk of the nebula near the center is an especially dense cloud.
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NASA ID
PIA14103
Date Created
June 13, 2011
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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