File:"Finger of God" Bok globule in the Carina Nebula.jpg

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English: Informally named the "Finger of God" or "God's Birdie" because of its suggestive shape, this 2 light-year long dark nebula is located within the Carina Nebula.
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Source http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/16/image/a/
Author NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); credit for CTIO Image: N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley) and NOAO/AURA/NSF
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Finger of God dark nebula

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