They call this the Cygnus Wall. It's in the constellation Cygnus, and is part of a much larger object known as the North America Nebula - the outline of which resembles North America. The North America Nebula is HUGE. For me to capture the whole thing, I would need to stich together 24 panels this size. This is the Texas/Mexico portion of the larger region. The Gulf of Mexico is represented by a hauntingly dark cloud of dust.