2009 Gallery

Boeing EA-18G Growler Cutaway Poster

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The Neck of Bruny Island, South Eastern Coast of Tasmania, Australia

Bruny Island is an island off the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, from which it is separated by the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. The Neck connects the two halves of Bruny Island and is an important breeding site for short-tailed shearwater and fairy penguins. The seaward side of the island features two long beaches which are Adventure Bay and Cloudy Bay

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Orion nebula

Orion nebula. Coloured composite infrared and visible light image of the Orion nebula M42. This emission nebula, a cloud of gas and dust in which starbirth takes place, is found in the constellation Orion, some 1500 light years from Earth. Glowing clouds of ionised hydrogen and sulphur gases are green, and cool clouds of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are orange and red. The gases are ionised by radiation from the four young Trapezium stars at the core (centre left). The small orange dots are embryonic stars, growing as they accumulate dust and gas. M42's neighbour, the M43 nebula, can also be seen (pale blue, top left). Infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope, visible light data from the Hubble Space Telescope

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