An undated handout picture released by the European Southern Observatory on 10 December 2009 shows the Flame Nebula, a spectacular star-forming cloud of gas and dust in the constellation of Orion. The image was taken by the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (Vista), based at the Paranal Observatory in Chile, the world's largest telescope dedicating to mapping the sky in infrared light. In visible light, the core of the nebula is hidden behind thick clouds of dust. But at infrared wavelengths, invisible to the naked eye, a cluster of hot young stars can be seen. EPA/EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY - HO
An undated handout picture released by the European Southern Observatory on 10 December 2009 shows the Flame Nebula, a spectacular star-forming cloud of gas and dust in the constellation of Orion. The image was taken by the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (Vista), based at the Paranal Observatory in Chile, the world's largest telescope dedicating to mapping the sky in infrared light. In visible light, the core of the nebula is hidden behind thick clouds of dust. But at infrared wavelengths, invisible to the naked eye, a cluster of hot young stars can be seen. EPA/EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY - HO
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