Fireworks
Fireworks
Corinthian columns of the National Archives building in Washington D.C. come under the swirling gas and dust in a star-forming galaxy.
Clusters of new stars are forming as clouds of glowing gas are thrown out by active young suns some 13 million light years from Earth. NASA
=s Hubble Space Telescope shows NGC 4214 bubbling with torrid winds and radiation, expanding and producing new stars as the older ones explode in supernova. Multiple exposures with several color filters produced this array of star formation. (PR00-01. Also credit Hubble Heritage Team, STScI, AURA.)Home to the most important documents in the history of the United States of America, the National Archives building takes extensive safety measures to protect the helium filled bronze tanks encasing the most precious documents. Besides the Declaration, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights is one of only four remaining copies of the 1297 version of the British Magna Carta establishing the basic rights of individuals later incorporated into American democratic principles.
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