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In this image the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope takes a close look at the spiral galaxy NGC 4217, located 60 million light-years away from Earth. The galaxy is seen almost perfectly edge on and is a perfect candidate for studying the nature of extraplanar dust structures — the patterns of gas and dust above and below the plane on the galaxy, seen here as brown wisps coming off NGC 4217.
These tentacle-like filaments are visible in the Hubble image only because the contrast with their surroundings is so high. This implies that the structures are denser than their surroundings. The image shows dozens of dust structures some of which reach as far as 7,000 light-years away from the central plane. Typically the structures have a length of about 1,000 light-years and are about 400 light-years in width.
Some of the dust filaments are round or irregular clouds, others are vertical columns, loop-like structures or vertical cones. These structures can help astronomers to identify the mechanisms responsible for the ejection of gas and dust from the galactic plane of spiral galaxies and reveal information on the transport of the interstellar medium to large distances away from galactic disks.
The properties of the observed dust structures in NGC 4217 suggest that the gas and dust were driven out of the mid-plane of the galaxy by powerful stellar winds resulting from supernovae — explosions that mark the deaths of massive stars.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: R. Schoofs
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I was taking Remy for a walk and of course scanning the leaves for caterpillars. I spotted a tiny bit of "debris" on a maple leaf. Of course I have to check out anything that looks out of place and sure enough it was a tiny instar of a "Nematocampa resistaria" Horned Spanworm! One of the Filament Bearers they are an amazing and beautiful caterpillar! Ellicott City, Howard County, MD
Relishing External Filaments.
Hlykkjóttir félagar dökkar sveitir sem skipa borðum svíkja merki höfuðvængir vængir nautahöfuðar slátra björg augljósum nætur,
pestilence dtonnta ionsaí anamacha roinnt claimhte fíochán coirce gairbhe tobann streachailt bhréagach gáirsiúil cuanta cogaí buailte,
flammes accrochées terreurs secrets crimes vengeance conflagrations corps blessant des incendies lames trempées exprimant des meurtres mains souillées,
parole inutili porte strazianti ombre barbariche nemici tempeste che aggrediscono lingue cerniere giganti confusioni gestioni imprinting lavori,
atos arrepiantes setas brilhantes chicoteando costas leis cortadas corpos confinados conjurando demônios comprometendo-se a labutar labirintos da perplexidade,
敵対的な兆候壊れた霊数時間の遠いルール厳しい通路を広げる石を蹴る悪魔を踏みにじる不運な死目覚める黒い雲cな槍を深く届ける深い槍.
Steve.D.Hammond.
Featuring a large filament stretching approx 900,000km across the surface
Lunt LS80Tha/B18/DSII and Grasshopper 3 camera
or 'Q' for short ... which is just about the last thing that can be said for the corona filaments. 33% bigger than normal.
Unfortunately a bumblebee got to the flower first and chewed the inner filaments .... that's why it's a little messy.
Las yucas son plantas suculentas del género Yucca, compuesto por una cincuentena de especies de la subfamilia Agavoideae nativas de Norte y Centroamérica, características por sus rosetas de hojas con forma de espadas y por sus racimos de flores blancas.
No debe confundirse con la yuca o mandioca comestible (Manihot esculenta).
Descripción
Son plantas policárpicas, arrosetadas, arborescentes, arbustivas o herbáceas, terrestres o epífitas.
Hojas agrupadas en las puntas de las ramas, linear-lanceoladas, rígidas, planas o convexas; ápice por lo general espinoso; márgenes enteros, fibrosos o denticulados. Inflorescencia una panícula erecta o péndula.
Flores bisexuales, blancas o blanquecinas, campanuladas o globosas; tépalos libres o ligeramente unidos cerca de la base; estambres hipóginos, erectos, más cortos que el perianto, los filamentos robustos, las anteras pequeñas, basifijas, sésiles; ovario súpero, sésil, 3-locular, a veces por aborción de uno imperfectamente 2-loculados, los óvulos numerosos; estilo columnar corto, dividido hacia el final en 3 lobos estigmáticos.
Fruto indehiscente, carnoso, pulposo o esponjoso, o una cápsula seca dehiscente; semillas fuertemente comprimidas, negras. 49 spp. S. Canadá y Estados Unidos a Guatemala; cultivadas comúnmente en otros países.
De Wikipedia.
En España se han adaptado perfectamente tanto en zonas áridas como en zonas del Norte.
Bellisimas cuando florecen con sus grandes panículas de flores blancas.
Esta la enccontré en una zona costera de Asturias,
Hecha. "Manio alzada" sin trípode ni nada
;o))
binomial name: Kalmia latifolia
other common names: calico-bush, spoonwood,
カルミア, ハナガサシャクナゲ, アメリカシャクナゲ,
It is notable for its unusual method of dispensing its pollen. As the flower grows, the filaments of its stamens are bent and brought into tension. When an insect lands on the flower, the tension is released, catapulting the pollen forcefully onto the insect. Experiments have shown the flower capable of flinging its pollen up to 15 cm.
My opening image for the year 2016, the Filaments of Cygnus.
More info and images in my blog:http://www.astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2016/01/my-first-photo-for-year-2016-filaments.html
The curved LED filaments of a LED bar light, which are also reflected by the glass of the lamp.
Looking close... on Friday!
Theme: Curves
Shot with Meyer-Optik Orestor 135mm f/2.8 @f8, combined with a 16mm extension tube to lower the MFD
If placed in the middle of our solar system, the star VY Canis Majoris would engulf all the planets out to Saturn's orbit. This monster, appropriately called a red hypergiant, is as bright as 300,000 Suns. Yet it is so far away that, 200 years ago, it could be seen only as a faint star in the winter constellation of the Great Dog. Since then, it has faded and is no longer visible to the naked eye. Astronomers used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to get a close-up look at the star and discovered the reason for the dimming. The star is expelling huge clouds of dust in the final stages of its life. Eventually, the bloated star may explode as a supernova, or may simply collapse and form a black hole.
This zoom into VY Canis Majoris is a combination of Hubble imaging and an artist's impression. The left panel is a multicolor Hubble image of the huge nebula of material cast off by the hypergiant star. This nebula is approximately 300 billion kilometres across.
The middle panel is a close-up Hubble view of the region around the star. This image reveals close-in knots, arcs, and filaments of material ejected from the star as it goes through its violent process of casting off material into space. VY Canis Majoris is not seen in this view, but the tiny red square marks the location of the hypergiant, and represents the diameter of the solar system out to the orbit of Neptune, which is 5.5 billion miles across.
The final panel is an artist's impression of the hypergiant star with vast convection cells and undergoing violent ejections. VY Canis Majoris is so large that if it replaced the Sun, the star would extend for hundreds of millions of miles, to between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn.
Credits: NASA, ESA, and R. Humphreys (University of Minnesota), and J. Olmsted (STScI); CC BY 4.0
Filament Of A 6V Motorcycle Bulb
52 Weeks of 2026 Week #3 Macro Photography
Taken 25 January 2026
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Filaments, prominences and a couple of sunspots.
9 panel mosaic
Lunt LS80Tha/B18/DSII and Grasshopper 3 camera with 2.5x Powermate
Light?
Have you ever wondered from where light came
If the wondering of light is just a game
If light is playing a trick on our eyes
If light is just a bunch of lies
If light has a temperature cold as ice
If light is actually hot as rice
If light can run around the room
If light will lead us to our doom
If light can catch a traveling ball
If light can hear our pleading call
If light needs us to seeing the dark
If light can produce a menacing bark
If light can flow as fast as sound
If light is only on earth bound
If light can take a human form
If light can get caught up in a storm
I often wonder what light can do
but its secrets are not for me and you
sam ridley
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Nothing is better to me than being up close with a lightning bolt so you actually see all the filaments you might miss from being further away. Taken on July 27th north of Sierra Vista along Highway 82.
The filaments of the pincusion protea.
Australian native flowers are so beautiful, and while some of the protea family are native to here, this one isn't and is native to South Africa.
Mrs Mail indulges herself with Australian natives including Grevillia and Waratahs, and I indulge myself with photographing them. While I joke that I don't do flowers, I remain fascinated with the graphic structure on many species and can't resist trying to show them in a way different to any other, which of course, is nigh on impossible, as it has all been done before, by many.
Except for a slight lift in lighting, this is basically SOOC using my black cloth.
Indulgence Theme