Gateway To The Unknown Arches National Park, UT Credit: Jeff Berkes

The Carina nebula, captured from Australia’s Siding Spring observatory

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💙 Colours over the bridge on 500px by Gary Alway, Melbourne, Australia ☀  Canon EOS 70D-f/4-1/125s-35mm-iso400, 3648✱5472px-rating:91.2 ◉  Photo location: Google Maps 

The wonders and magic of space

Obsessed with this magical wide-field view of the Eagle Nebula. At the center lies the iconic “Pillars of Creation” along with several other star forming regions. The cluster of bright stars to the upper right is NGC 6611, home to the massive and hot stars that illuminate the pillars. (Credit: ESO, La Silla Observatory)

Fluorite and Sphalerite

Locality: La Viesca, Asturias, Spain

Dark Blue Azurite on Limonite

Locality:  Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco.

Fluorite

Locality: Jaimina Mine, Caravia, Asturias, Spain

NGC 6888 // Crescent Nebula, with central Wolf-Rayet Star WR 136