NASA image release April 22, 2010
This brand new Hubble photo is of a small portion of one of the largest seen star-birth regions in the galaxy, the Carina Nebula. Towers of cool hydrogen laced with dust rise from the wall of the nebula. The scene is reminiscent of Hubble's classic "Pillars of Creation" photo from 1995, but is even more striking in appearance. The image captures the top of a three-light-year-tall pillar of gas and dust that is being eaten away by the brilliant light from nearby bright stars. The pillar is also being pushed apart from within, as infant stars buried inside it fire off jets of gas that can be seen streaming from towering peaks like arrows sailing through the air. Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is home to the nation's largest organization of combined scientists, engineers and technologists that build spacecraft, instruments and new technology to study the Earth, the sun, our solar system, and the universe.
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ViewsOfIreland.com 38 months ago | reply
amazing photos, boldly taken where no man has gone before :) :)
Andrea Malnar Photography 38 months ago | reply
Gorgeous!
mendhak 38 months ago | reply
Three light years tall! =O
Junior Campos 38 months ago | reply
Its amazing..
pixiespark 38 months ago | reply
So great!
mothernature photography 38 months ago | reply
Happy Anniversary Hubble!
hectorhe [deleted] 38 months ago | reply
Amazing!!!
~maxi 38 months ago | reply
Yayy for Hubble!!
人造人間，意慾蔓延 38 months ago | reply
Omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thz amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
在中国，也有报道说公布的最新片。不过还是显然这里比较深邃！
stopmangohome 38 months ago | reply
just amazing... i wonder about the technique of space photography!?
pfile 37 months ago | reply
@stopmangohome it is a rabbithole you don't want to fall into :)
stopmangohome 37 months ago | reply
lets see .... :)
Arts'moonika (Ø) 37 months ago | reply
Une splendeur !
joseph webb 37 months ago | reply
baller as shit.
cgullz 37 months ago | reply
fantastic.
Lightnomad 37 months ago | reply
Wow, outstanding picture!
Rui Almeida. 35 months ago | reply
amazing shot, congratulations
cathdrwg 35 months ago | reply
Amazing colors!
TheEpicEngine 12 months ago | reply
Great shot and thanks for offering it as creative commons. It has been featured on the adventure lifestyle blog TheEpicEngine.com
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nomad176 3 months ago | reply
Outstanding image. Hubble does some nice work.