The photo for the week of December 15 is the Mountain of Creation. The Spitzer Space Telescope took this infrared photo of this sky scape located in the constellation of Cassiopeia. This about about 7,000 light-years from Earth. Distant stars have been emitted radiation and winds that have shaped these clouds into what they currently look like. The telescope also captured newly formed stars which result from nearby gigantic stars. This region is also classified as part of the Heart and Soul Nebulae.
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