This image of the Elephant Trunk nebula from NASA Wide-field Survey Explorer shows clouds of dust and gas being pushed and eroded by a massive star. The bright trunk of the nebula near the center is an especially dense cloud.
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Title: Blowin in the Stellar Wind
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
Date Created: 2011-06-13
Rights: JPL
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