3D Animation of the Cosmic Reef

This 3D animation explores the 30th anniversary image of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in impressive detail. The portrait features the giant nebula NGC 2014 and its neighbour NGC 2020 which together form part of a vast star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, approximately 163 000 light-years away.
Credit: NASA, ESA, G. Bacon, J. DePasquale, L. Hustak, J. Olmstead, A. Pagan, D. Player, and F. Summers (STScI). Music: "Cosmic Reef" by J. DePasquale (STScI)

The Hi-Res files can be downloaded from the Hubble space telescope website at: spacetelescope.org/videos/heic2007f/
For all information regarding the use of this video material, please refer to the conditions of use from the Hubble space telescope website