12-19-2016, 04:09 PM 
	
	
	
		Cosmic ‘Winter’ Wonderland
![[Image: ngc6357.jpg?itok=YSpaTbOq]](https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_feature/public/thumbnails/image/ngc6357.jpg?itok=YSpaTbOq)
Source: NASA Image of the Day, 2016 December 19
	
	
	
![[Image: ngc6357.jpg?itok=YSpaTbOq]](https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_feature/public/thumbnails/image/ngc6357.jpg?itok=YSpaTbOq)
Quote:Although there are no seasons in space, this cosmic vista invokes thoughts of a frosty winter landscape. It is, in fact, a region called NGC 6357 where radiation from hot, young stars is energizing the cooler gas in the cloud that surrounds them.
Source: NASA Image of the Day, 2016 December 19
