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DescriptionLymanalpha.gif	English: NASA Image of the day. Lyman Alpha absorption comes from ambient gas in the universe between us and distant quasars. This is a simulation of what clouds could've looked like at z=3 We live in a forest. Strewn throughout the universe are "trees" of hydrogen gas that absorb light from distant objects. These gas clouds leave numerous absorption lines in a distant quasar's spectra, together called the Lyman-alpha forest. Distant quasars appear to be absorbed by many more Lyman-alpha clouds than nearby quasars, indicating a Lyman-alpha thicket early in our universe. The above image depicts one possible computer realization of how Lyman-alpha clouds were distributed at a redshift of 3. Each side of the box measures 30 million light-years across. Much remains unknown about the Lyman-alpha forest, including the real geometry and extent of the clouds, and why there are so many fewer clouds today.
Date	12 November 2000
Source	https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap001112.html
Author	J. Shalf, Y. Zhang (UIUC) et al., GCCC
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2019-02-02 23:30	512×384× (67458 bytes)	Sam-2727	NASA Image of the day. Can be found at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap001112.html Lyman Alpha absorption comes from ambient gas in the universe between us and distant quasars. This is a simulation of what clouds could've looked like at z=3

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