NASAs Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, captured this image of a star-forming cloud of dust and gas located in the constellation of Monoceros. The nebula, commonly referred to as Sh2-284, is relatively isolated at the very end of an outer spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy. In the night sky, its located in the opposite direction from the centre of the Milky Way. Perhaps the most interesting features in Sh2-284 are what astronomer call elephant trunks. Elephant trunks are monstrous pillars of dense gas and dust. The most famous examples of are the Pillars of Creation, found in an iconic image of the Eagle nebula from NASAs Hubble Space Telescope. In this WISE image, the trunks are seen as small columns of gas stretching towards the centre of the void in Sh2-284, like little green fingers with yellow fingernails. The most notable one can be seen on the right side of the void at about the 3 oclock position. It appears as a closed hand with a finger pointing towards the

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NASAs Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, captured this image of a star-forming cloud of dust and gas located in the constellation of Monoceros. The nebula, commonly referred to as Sh2-284, is relatively isolated at the very end of an outer spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy. In the night sky, its located in the opposite direction from the centre of the Milky Way. Perhaps the most interesting features in Sh2-284 are what astronomer call elephant trunks. Elephant trunks are monstrous pillars of dense gas and dust. The most famous examples of are the Pillars of Creation, found in an iconic image of the Eagle nebula from NASAs Hubble Space Telescope. In this WISE image, the trunks are seen as small columns of gas stretching towards the centre of the void in Sh2-284, like little green fingers with yellow fingernails. The most notable one can be seen on the right side of the void at about the 3 oclock position. It appears as a closed hand with a finger pointing towards the

SuperStock offers millions of photos, videos, and stock assets to creatives around the world. This image of NASAs Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, captured this image of a star-forming cloud of dust and gas located in the constellation of Monoceros. The nebula, commonly referred to as Sh2-284, is relatively isolated at the very end of an outer spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy. In the night sky, its located in the opposite direction from the centre of the Milky Way. Perhaps the most interesting features in Sh2-284 are what astronomer call elephant trunks. Elephant trunks are monstrous pillars of dense gas and dust. The most famous examples of are the Pillars of Creation, found in an iconic image of the Eagle nebula from NASAs Hubble Space Telescope. In this WISE image, the trunks are seen as small columns of gas stretching towards the centre of the void in Sh2-284, like little green fingers with yellow fingernails. The most notable one can be seen on the right side of the void at about the 3 oclock position. It appears as a closed hand with a finger pointing towards the by World History Archive/Image Asset Management is available for licensing today.