Cross-fade between visible and infrared light images of the Orion Nebula

This sequence compares an infrared image of the Orion Nebula star-formation region that was obtained from multiple exposures using the HAWK-I infrared camera on ESO’s Very Large Telescope with a picture of the same part of the sky imaged in visible light with the WFI camera on the MPG/ESO telescope. The longer wavelength light detected by HAWK-I can penetrate the dusty regions of the nebula and expose many young stars that are normally invisible and also reveal many curious features created by ver