Best picutre I've ever seen of the Trifid nebula

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Best picutre I've ever seen of the Trifid nebula

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http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080630.html

Purty. I think they did some creative spectral shifting there to get these colors, but the end result is sure nice.
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Wow.. that is a great image. now only if our puny human technology would allow us to travel to far off places like that...
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