# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BinHnTvgOrg
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11735242-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2018-05-10T21:00:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Look above the bright, light-speckled galaxy in the foreground of this Hubble Space Telescope (NASAHubble) image to see galaxies smeared and twisted into odd shapes, arcs and streaks. This phenomenon indicates the presence of a giant galaxy cluster, which is bending the light coming from the galaxies behind it with its monstrous gravitational influence!

Located some three billion light-years away, this cluster of galaxies has been studied for its strong lensing properties – where their gravity stretches and warps the light of more distant galaxies sitting behind them, creating these weird and spectacular arcs. 
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgment: Judy Schmidt

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