ikenbot: Amazing Eagle Nebula Swoops into Stargazer’s Night Sky Photo Soaring thousands of light years from Earth, the Eagle nebula appears in beautiful display in this night sky photo. Photographer Bill Snyder took this photo at Heavens Mirror Observatory, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Calif., in June 2012. The stunning Eagle nebula, also called M16, lies in the constellation of Serpens about 6,500 light-years away from Earth. A light-year is the distance light travels in one year, or about 6 trillion miles (10 trillion kilometers).

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Amazing Eagle Nebula Swoops into Stargazer’s Night Sky Photo

Soaring thousands of light years from Earth, the Eagle nebula appears in beautiful display in this night sky photo.

Photographer Bill Snyder took this photo at Heavens Mirror Observatory, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Calif., in June 2012.

The stunning Eagle nebula, also called M16, lies in the constellation of Serpens about 6,500 light-years away from Earth. A light-year is the distance light travels in one year, or about 6 trillion miles (10 trillion kilometers).