Colorful Clouds of Orion . ... Credit Copyright: Robert Gendler Explanation: Revisiting one of the most famous nebulae in planet Earth's night sky , astrophotographer Robert Gendler has constructed this stunning, color-enhanced mosiac of the region surrounding the Great Nebula in Orion . ... Strewn with dust lanes and dark nebulae, the striking cosmic apparitions surrounding Orion's stellar nurseries are about 1,500 light-years away and are themselves several light-years across. ...