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) The reduction of haze and the consequent clearing of the atmosphere makes for a bluish hue: the increased opportunity for direct scattering of sunlight by the molecules in the air makes the sky blue
H and Ks filters in the near-infrared part of the spectrum
Incandescent lava glows red beneath a 330-kilometer high volcanic plume
Star Cluster Palomar 2 Square Like Luke Skywalker's planet "Tatooine"Globular clusters are relatively common in our sky, and generally look similar. However, this image, taken using the NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows a unique example of such a cluster Palomar 2. Palomar 2 is part of a group of 15 globulars known as the Palomar clusters. These clusters, as the name suggests, were discovered in survey plates from the first Palomar Observatory Sky Survey in the 1950s, a project that involved some of the most well