NASA network engineer and astrophotographer Jason Livingston has captured a colorful view of the Pelican Nebula shining 2,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. Remarkably, he photographed the scene from his light-polluted backyard in Henderson, Nevada, just 9 miles (14 kilometers) from the Las Vegas Strip.
Livingston's cosmic vista reveals a striking section of the Pelican Nebula — named for its visual similarity to the distinctive waterbird — in magnificent detail, as it shines from behind a dark veil of molecular cloud.
