Have you seen this new picture of the Eagle Nebula (aka "Pillars of Creation", aka M16) ?
Pretty stunning: taken from the Kitt Peak National Observatory (ground telescope), the view is a much wider shot than the well known one...

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020611.html

http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...la_020613.html

Makes for a nice background!

Ammo