Dark Cloud,
Atlas Image mosaic of the filamentary, or snake-like, infrared dark cloud This is an example of various regions in the Milky Way Galaxy with very high visual extinction, in excess of 25 magnitudes. They were discovered by routine survey observations of the Galactic plane by the Infrared Space Observatory and the Midcourse Space Experiment. A dark nebula or absorption nebula is a type of interstellar cloud that is so dense it obscures the light from objects behind it, such as background stars and emission or reflection nebulae. The extinction of the light is caused by interstellar dust grains located in the coldest, densest parts of molecular clouds.
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