Flame IV Size:14" x 14" (36 cm x 36 cm) The lunar surface feature in

The lunar surface feature in the left background is Stone Mountain

The column is silhouetted against the background glow of more distant gas

This is one in a series of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the development of the largest storm seen on the planet since 1990

In the process

dramatic daily temperature swings

Flame IV Size:14" x 14" (36 cm x 36 cm) The lunar surface feature inThis image, the first to be released publicly from VISTA, the worlds largest survey telescope, shows the spectacular star forming region known as the Flame Nebula, or NGC 2024, in the constellation of Orion (the Hunter) and its surroundings. In views of this evocative object in visible light the core of the nebula is completely hidden behind obscuring dust, but in this VISTA view, taken in infrared light, the cluster of very young stars at the objects