Celebrating 30 years of images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope

Resembling a flaming creature on the run, this image exposes the hidden interior of a dark and dusty cloud in the emission Nebula IC 1396. Young stars previously obscured by dust can be seen here for the first time.

This year marks the 30th year that the Hubble Space Telescope has taken images of outer space, giving mankind glimpses of the stunning beauty of the galaxy.

Nasa called Hubble the "most significant advance in astronomy since Galileo's telescope".