Photo #3 (January 2008)

Just as we can look deeper into the depths of space and see more clearly with in the infrared spectrum, so we can look more deeply into the heart and soul of our planetary problems.

Each of us can contribute to bettering our planet by clearing ourselves.

Each of us can contribute by doing something beyond ourselves to move the collective consciousness towards survival rather than passive suicide.

What are YOU doing to bring healing to this world?

The Trifid Nebula, aka Messier 20, is easy to find with a small telescope, a well known stop in the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius. But where visible light pictures show the nebula divided into three parts by dark, obscuring dust lanes, this penetrating infrared image reveals filaments of glowing dust clouds and newborn stars. The spectacular false-color view is courtesy of the Spitzer Space Telescope. Astronomers have used the Spitzer infrared image data to count newborn and embryonic stars which otherwise can lie hidden in the natal dust and gas clouds of this intriguing stellar nursery. As seen here, the Trifid is about 30 light-years across and lies only 5,500 light-years away.