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I call this image “Rising Phoenix, Curious Robin.” The bright nebula to the right of the image looks to me like a phoenix opening up its wings to take flight. The bright red nebula to the left looks to me like a red bird flying over to see what’s up.
These two nebulae are parts of the larger NGC 7000/C20 North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. Generally, it’s shown rotated clockwise from this image, with the dark nebula on the top of this image forming the Gulf of Mexico. The nebula I see as a phoenix is also called the Cygnus Wall.
Here is another view, rotated to look more like North America.