The image displays two characteristic features of the Veil Nebula: sharp filaments and diffuse patches, which correspond to viewing the supernova remnants from edge-on and face-on views, respectively. This image is a small portion of the Veil located in the western part of the Veil (to the left in the overview image). Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage/(STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration/Digitized Sky Survey 2

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