Dark Nebulas across Taurus . ... Image Processing Copyright: Oliver Czernetz - Data: Digitized Sky Survey (POSS-II) Explanation: Sometimes even the dark dust of interstellar space has a serene beauty. ... Several bright stars are visible with their blue light seen reflecting off the brown dust. Other stars appear unusually red as their light barely peaks through a column of dark dust, with red the color that remains after the blue is scattered away. ... NASA Official: Jay Norris. ...