Visible-Light Image of the Cone Nebula Fruits Brooklyn Bridge Vertical

Brooklyn Bridge Vertical

A remarkably cloud-free Africa is at upper left

Safety Match Label from the Grand Prix Expo 58

shown in this artist's concept

) and spectators in a coliseum

Visible-Light Image of the Cone Nebula Fruits Brooklyn Bridge VerticalAfter more than three years of inactivity, the Near Infrared Camera and Multi Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) has reopened its "near infrared eyes" on the universe, snapping several breathtaking views, from the craggy interior of a star forming cloud to a revealing look at the heart of an edge on galaxy. Peering into our stellar backyard, NICMOS peeled back the outer layers of the Cone Nebula [above, left] to see the underlying dusty "bedrock" in this