Artist's Impression of the Formation Process of Peacock-Shaped Clouds (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Artist's Impression of the Formation Process of Peacock-Shaped Clouds

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After the collision of two clouds (left), complicated filamentary structures with a pivot in the bottom are formed in the boundary region (center), and a massive star is formed in the dense part with the ionized region shown in blue (right).

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