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English: Our solar journey through space is carrying us through a cluster of very-low-density interstellar clouds. Right now the Sun is inside of a cloud (Local cloud) that is so tenuous that the interstellar gas detected by IBEX is as sparse as a handful of air stretched over a column that is hundreds of light-years long. These clouds are identified by their motions, indicated in this graphic with blue arrows.
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Source http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/gallery/solar-journey.html
Author NASA/Goddard/Adler/U. Chicago/Wesleyan
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