Scientific Image· Hubble Space Telescope
Pillars of Creation (Hubble, 1995)
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Three towering columns of dark, dense gas and dust silhouetted against glowing greenish nebulosity.
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Caption: The 'Pillars of Creation' — towers of gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula, one of Hubble's most iconic images.
Scientific context
Columns of cool molecular hydrogen and dust in a star-forming region of M16, being sculpted and eroded by the ultraviolet light of nearby massive young stars.
Subject & instruments
Instrument: WFPC2 · Visible light
Collections
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Source & references
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- STScISpace Telescope Science Institute
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