Title
Hubble photo of a small portion of one of the largest known star-birth regions in the galaxy
Caption
Hubble photo of a small portion of one of the largest known star-birth regions in the galaxy / the Carina Nebula. Three light-year-tall towers of cool hydrogen laced with dust rise from the wall of the nebula. Scorching radiation and fast winds (streams of charged particles) from super-hot newborn stars in the nebula are shaping and compressing the pillar / causing new stars to form within it. Streamers of hot ionized gas can be seen flowing off the ridges of the structure / and wispy veils of gas and dust / illuminated by starlight / float around its towering peaks. The denser parts of the pillar are resisting being eroded by radiation much like a towering butte in Utah’s Monument Valley withstands erosion by water and wind.
Info+
NASA/World History Archive
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP11A03_133
License type
Rights managed
Available size
51,2Mb (2,7Mb) / 14,7in x 13,6in / 4400 x 4068 (300dpi)