Amazing Nebula Photo Looks Like a Giant Human Head

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A spectacular photo from a NASA telescope has revealed a wispy blue nebula with an odd twist: It looks like a giant human head in deep space.

The head-in-space nebula photo was snapped by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer satellite and shows an ultraviolet view of the so-called Cygnus Loop nebula, which is located 1,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus, the Swan. It was released March 22 and featured this week on NASA's website.

What makes the new Cygnus Loop image striking is its odd shape. The nebula looks like a giant human head and neck, which appear in profile facing the left of the image. A bright star serves as an eye while wispy nebula gas traces the outline of jaw, and close-cropped hair.

To be clear, the Cygnus Loop nebula head is an optical illusion, one of many caused when observers see familiar patterns in images. Recent examples of space illusions include images of the so-called Fried Egg nebula and Running Chicken nebula.
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[Cooley Hurd]

1. Looks more like Jeebus to me...

...or a fetus?

[ret5hd]

2. here it is zoomed out a little bit:

[pangaia]

11. HA HA !! :>))

I saw that baby the year it was born.. Get it ? :&gt )

[Phoonzang]

14. That part of the movie always scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. nt

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. I see Three Faces in it

The one on the left looks like gray, the middle and the right look like J R R Tolkiens Ents the middle one looking at the gray and the other looking the other way.


I don't see Jesus.... I must be from another era of perception.

[pscot]

4. Or a cosmic jelly fish

[Stuckinthebush]

5. Clearly an image of our creator

The flying spaghetti monster.

[AlbertCat]

6. A head, huh?

A Repug head exploding maybe....


(Yes, it's THAT beautiful!)

[undergroundpanther]

7. i see

on the right side I see a dancing dog. on hind paws floppy ears front paws tucked,the tail and hind legs are prominant.

I'd call it the dancing dog nebula.

[guitar man]

8. Human?

Looks more like....



Mwahahaha!!

[Smilo]

9. Message to the Rapturers..................

look God is here, you had better go and join Him, be quick now, you don't want to miss this opportunity.

[deutsey]

10. That's just the Jerry Garcia Nebula

[marshall gaines]

12. nasa

you want some more spectacular images of this huge and wonderful universe, also try nasa.gov

[1monster]

13. Giant Human Head? OMG! The stars are paying tribute to Keith Olbermann!!!!