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Hubble Spies a Butterfly

Though resembling butterfly wings, this remarkable image shows rolling gases heated to more than 36,000 degrees Fahrenheit while traveling at about 965,000 km/hr.

 

This image was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope on July 27, 2009. For details visit https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2009/25/2621-Image.html

 

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Credit: NASA/ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team

Image Number: heic0910h

Date: July 27, 2009

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