Herbig-Haro 110

**plasty** · 07-04-12 at 07:00 AM

Herbig-Haro 110 - a geyser of hot gas from a newborn star - splashes up against and ricochets off the dense core of a cloud of molecular hydrogen. Although the plumes of gas look like whiffs of smoke, they are actually billions of times less dense than the smoke from a firework. This Hubble Space Telescope photo shows the integrated light from plumes, which are light-years across. Astronomers now believe that the nearby HH 270 jet grazes an immovable obstacle, a much denser, colder cloud core, and gets diverted off at about a 60-degree angle.
Picture: REUTERS/NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team

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**pokeystar75** · 07-04-12 at 07:08 AM

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**Gandolph13** · 07-04-12 at 05:45 PM

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**plasty** · 07-04-12 at 08:18 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Gandolph13

Again, beautiful, thanks!

When I first saw the title I thought it was something to do with her big hairy......

It was but that one would have gotten me banned.

07-04-12 at 07:08 AM	#2
pokeystar75 Newcomer Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 95	Thank you for these awesome and magnificent posts :) Don't ever stop! My day starts off proper only after I see your fantastic image posts

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Gandolph13 Legendary Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Australia (GMT+10) Posts: 12,315	Again, beautiful, thanks! When I first saw the title I thought it was something to do with her big hairy......

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plasty Decrepit Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 12,369	Quote: Originally Posted by Gandolph13 Again, beautiful, thanks! When I first saw the title I thought it was something to do with her big hairy...... It was but that one would have gotten me banned.