Butterfly Nebula. Two enormous, knotted lobes of pink, red, and white gas and dust extend out from a central point and diagonally to the top right and lower left. The lobes resemble the wings of a butterfly, and they glow against black space dotted with more distant stars and galaxies. image credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team
“we are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.”
- carl sagan