Captured by the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS), the "Spider Nebula" cuts a ghostly green figure in a new image release from NASA. The composite was captured in infrared light, a spectrum ordinarily invisible to the naked eye, though in this case common colors have been assigned to the different wavelengths allowing us to view the scene unaided.
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