Desiderata Quote - Tower in Eagle Nebula, M16 Postcard

Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series A quote from the Desiderata by Max Ehrmann: Go placidly amidst the noise and haste... accompanied by This image of the Eagle Nebula, M16, was taken in November 2004 with the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. It shows a billowing tower of cold gas and dust, 9.5 light-years high, rising from a stellar nursery. Stars in the Eagle Nebula are born in these clouds of cold hydrogen gas, and the tower may be a giant 'incubator''for those newborn stars. image code: egnebtwr ESO/J. Reproduced under the Creative Comns Attribution 3.0 Unported license.