Images Dated 19th May 2000

Eskimo nebula

Eskimo nebula. Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of the Eskimo planetary nebula (NGC 2393). Planetary nebulae are formed when a Sun-like star ejects its outer layers at the end of its life. These form bubbles of gas illuminated by the dying star's radiation. This star (centre) began ejecting matter around 10, 000 years ago, and the fastest material is travelling at 1.5 million kilometres per hour. The Eskimo nebula is 5000 light years from Earth. This image was taken by the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 on the HST on January 10-11th 2000, the first image taken after the HST's December 1999 repair mission

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The 400 crack steam train of the Chicago and North Western Railway rivalled the famous

The 400 crack steam train of the Chicago and North Western Railway rivalled the famous British Flying Scotsman when it inaugurated the fastest regular run in America by covering the 400 miles between Chicago and Minneapolis in 400 minutes - the Flying Scotsman covers the 400 miles between London and Edinburgh non-stop during the summer months - photo shows The 400 breaking the tape at Glencoe Illinois - a suburb of Chicago - on its inaugural run
January 11th 1935

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