Amateur astrophotographer Noah Gyles has shared a stunningly detailed view of the Lagoon Nebula, captured as it glowed 5,200 light-years from Earth in the skies above Rockwell, Texas.
Gyles' colorful image reveals intricate detail in the vast interstellar cloud of dust and hydrogen gas, which has been ionized by the intense ultraviolet radiation from the population of hot, young stars embedded within the nebula, causing it to glow with its own light.
