<ul><li>The Hubble Space Telescope captured cotton candy-like clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy located 160,000 light-years away from the Milky Way in the constellations Dorado and Mensa.</li><li>The image was made possible by Hubble's cameras, such as the Wide Field Camera 3, which collected observations using five different filters, including those capturing ultraviolet and infrared light.</li><li>The colorful gas clouds seen in the image resemble cotton candy, with each filter in the camera assigned a specific color to represent different wavelengths of light, providing a closer representation of reality while revealing invisible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.</li><li>Image-processing specialists can use various color combinations to create visually appealing or scientifically informative images using data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope.</li></ul>

Hubble Captures Cotton Candy Clouds

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