From: baalke@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov   
      
   FOR RELEASE: November 6, 2003   
      
   PHOTO NO.: STScI-PRC03-31   
      
   HUBBLE PHOTOGRAPHS TURBULENT NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR ERUPTIVE STAR   
      
   Dramatic dark dust knots and complex structures are sculpted by   
   the high-velocity stellar winds and high-energy radiation from   
   the ultra-luminous variable star called Eta Carinae. This image   
   shows a region in the Carina Nebula between two large clusters   
   of some of the most massive and hottest known stars. This NASA   
   Hubble Space Telescope close-up view shows only a three   
   light-year-wide portion of the entire Carina Nebula, which has a   
   diameter of over 200 light-years. Taken with Hubble's Wide Field   
   Planetary Camera 2 in July 2002, this color image is a composite   
   of ultraviolet, visible, and infrared filters that have been   
   assigned the colors blue, green, and red, respectively.   
      
   Image Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)   
   Acknowledgment: S. Casertano (STScI)   
      
   To see and read more, please click on:   
   http://hubblesite.org/news/2003/31   
   http://heritage.stsci.edu/2003/31   
      
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