Images Dated 5th August 1998

Optical image of a dark nebula on the Gum nebula

Dark nebula on Gum nebula. True-colour optical image of a dark nebula silhouetted against the bright Gum nebula in the constellation Vela. Dark nebulae are dense clouds of interstellar gas and dust which absorb the majority of the light which falls on them. They are usually only detectable by observing them against a bright background, as here. The Gum nebula, an enormous cloud of glowing, ionised hydrogen gas, is the largest nebula in the sky, with a diameter of around 60 full Moon widths. This image was produced by digitally combining photographs taken by the UK Schmidt Telescope in blue and red light

© CELESTIAL IMAGE CO./SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Grains of sand falling in an hour glass

Hour glass. Grains of sand falling in an hour glass. An hour glass is an ancient instrument used to measure a fixed length of time by allowing a fixed quantity of sand to flow through a hole. Small hour glasses are known as egg- timers. This is because they have been found useful in measuring the time necessary to boil an egg

© TEK IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Chris Eubank Boxing August 98 Boxer at the premiere of Armageddon in london'

Chris Eubank Boxing August 98
Boxer at the premiere of Armageddon in london's west end with his wife Karen

© Mirrorpix

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