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Ring Beholds a Delicate Flower

Ring Beholds a Delicate Flower
Date taken Fri Feb 11 2005 Authorship NASA's JPL centre Keywords & Keyphrases Ring Nebula · Spitzer Space Telescope Metadata JSON

Behind the image

NASA Spitzer Space Telescope finds a delicate flower in the Ring Nebula, as shown in this image. The outer shell of this planetary nebula looks surprisingly similar to the delicate petals of a camellia blossom.