APOD: 2021 May 15 - The Southern Cliff in the Lagoon

Maj William W. 'Bill' Price good day my friend after 3 months absence getting a new heart(heart transplant). I will say it again, " no one does it better from above". Thank you for posting Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "The Southern Cliff in the Lagoon. Squared- Away!

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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Saturday, May 15, 2021 entitled "The Southern Cliff in the Lagoon.

I expect there are no creatures in this lagoon and yet I think it might be a good idea for a science fiction movie - "Creature of the Lagoon Nebula"

Image: The Southern Cliff in the Lagoon - Image Credit - Julia I. Arias and Rodolfo H. Barba' (Dept. Fisica, Univ. de La Serena), ICATE-CONICET, Gemini Observatory _ AURA

APOD Background
"Explanation: Undulating bright ridges and dusty clouds cross this close-up of the nearby star forming region M8, also known as the Lagoon Nebula. A sharp, false-color composite of narrow band visible and broad band near-infrared data from the 8-meter Gemini South Telescope, the entire view spans about 20 light-years through a region of the nebula sometimes called the Southern Cliff. The highly detailed image explores the association of many newborn stars imbedded in the tips of the bright-rimmed clouds and Herbig-Haro objects. Abundant in star-forming regions, Herbig-Haro objects are produced as powerful jets emitted by young stars in the process of formation heat the surrounding clouds of gas and dust. The cosmic Lagoon is found some 5,000 light-years away toward the constellation Sagittarius and the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. (For location and scale, check out this image superimposing the close-up of the Southern Cliff within the larger Lagoon Nebula. The scale image is courtesy R. Barba'.)"

Still Corners - Black Lagoon (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpbrvJzHITU
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Another of those suitable for framing photos.