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The Elephant's Trunk, Deval Singh
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The Elephant's Trunk

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The Elephant's Trunk

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T H E-E L E P H A N T'S-T R U N K 
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This Cosmic masterpiece is located in the constellation Cepheus,This vast cloud of gas and dust, shaped like an elephant's trunk, is a stellar nursery, giving birth to new stars that will one day light up our night sky.The dark tendrils in this image are dense regions of gas and dust, where the magic of star formation is in progress. The intense radiation from young, massive stars nearby sculpts and illuminates the nebula, creating this ethereal masterpiece.

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The Elephant's Trunk, Deval Singh