... Dust of the Orion Nebula . ... What surrounds a hotbed of star formation? In the case of the Orion Nebula -- dust. ... As the Moon orbits the Earth, the half illuminated by the Sun first becomes increasingly visible, then decreasingly visible. ... Fix your camera to a tripod and you can record graceful trails traced by the stars as planet Earth rotates on its axis. ... Of course, this little planet is actually planet Earth, and the surrounding stars are above the horizon near stersund, Sweden. ...