This Hubble Picture of the Week shows dusty gas clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy about 160,000 light-years away and the largest of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies. The image combines five filters, some capturing ultraviolet and infrared light that human eyes cannot see. Image processors assign a colour to each filter, usually blue or purple for shorter wavelengths and red for longer ones, so the colours show information beyond human vision. The wispy clouds resemble brightly coloured candyfloss, and many other colour schemes could be used to produce different images.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.