... Tentacles of the Tarantula Nebula . ... Credit: ESO ; Acknowledgments: J. Alves ( Calar Alto ), B. Vandame, and Y. Beletsky ( ESO ); Processing by B. Fosbury ( ST-ECF ) Explanation: The largest, most violent star forming region known in the whole Local Group of galaxies lies in our neighboring galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). ... Also called 30 Doradus , the red and pink gas indicates a massive emission nebula, although supernova remnants and dark nebula also exist there. ...