<ul><li>Hubble Space Telescope captures a sparkling cloudscape from the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy located 160,000 light-years away.</li><li>The image of dusty gas clouds is made possible by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3, which captures specific wavelengths of light through various filters.</li><li>The colorful gas clouds in the image resemble cotton candy, with the colors assigned by image-processing specialists to represent reality and provide new scientific insights.</li><li>The color scheme in the image combines visible-light observations with ultraviolet and infrared data to create an aesthetically pleasing and scientifically informative view of the cosmic scene.</li></ul>

Hubble Captures Cotton Candy Clouds

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