SOFIAтАЩs mid-infrared image of M42 (right) with comparison images of the same region made at other wavelengths by the Hubble Space Telescope (left) and European Southern Observatory (middle). Visible-light image: NASA/ESA/HST/AURA/STScI/OтАЩDell & Wong; Near-IR image: ESO/McCaughrean et al.; Mid-IR image: NASA/DLR/SOFIA/USRA/DSI/FORCAST Team