From Hubble: A Cosmic Snow Angel

[joeychitwood]

As many of you know, I am an amateur astronomer, mainly because I enjoy being blown away by the sights visible through a small backyard telescope. Every once in a while, a photo really impresses me. This photo was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope recently and shows a new star forming in a cloud of gas. It's spewing out gas from the poles and is burning 10,000 times brighter than our Sun.

The amazing thing to me is how much it looks like an angel at the top of a Christmas tree or a snow angel on the ground.