<%@ Language=VBScript %> <% Option Explicit Response.Expires = 0 %> <% CreateHTMLHeader "Miracle Database Inc. - Contact Us", "images/t_Contactus.gif" %> <% SetScope "scope-images/m16.jpg", _ "Undersea corral? Enchanted castles? Space serpents? None of them! They are part of the Eagle " & _ "Nebula (also called M16 -- the 16th object in Charles Messier's 18th " & _ "century catalog of 'fuzzy' objects that aren't comets), a nearby " & _ "star-forming region 7,000 light-years away in the constellation Serpens. These eerie, " & _ "dark pillar-like structures are actually columns of cool interstellar " & _ "hydrogen gas and dust that are also incubators for new stars. The " & _ "pillars protrude from the interior wall of a dark molecular cloud like " & _ "stalagmites from the floor of a cavern. " & _ "The tallest pillar (left) is about a light-year long from base to tip! " & _ "(Source: nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov)" CreateHTMLFooter %>