Apod 1.1

This is a picture taken inside of the Omega Nebula, which is around 5,000 lightyears away and 3,000 times the length of the Solar System. It was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The dots of light scattered throughout the photo are relatively young stars. The different colors and streaks in the image are composed of dust from supernova explosions and gas clouds formed by the radiation from massive nearby stars.