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Hubble Telescope Reaches 100,000 Orbits

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 8:15:52 AM
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Image from the Hubble Space Telescope released in honor of its 100,000th orbit of Earth. (8/12/08) 1

WASHINGTON -- NASA released colorful new pictures of space taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in honor of its 100,000th orbit of Earth.

The satellite was aimed at a region of celestial birth and renewal.

The region is a firestorm of raw stellar creation.

The red area of the iamges shows emission from sulfur atoms, green from glowing hydrogen, and blue from glowing oxygen.


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