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• Eagle Nebula on ESA/Hubble site

Star forming pillars in the Eagle Nebula, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope's WFPC2.

Further information at: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2003/34/image/a

Credit: NASA, Jeff Hester, and Paul Scowen (Arizona State University)

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