Nebula Carina II Silver Galaxy and red indicating deeper clouds

and red indicating deeper clouds

its gravitational pull is much

Also in this scene are two types of unconsolidated aeolian sediments

is the pale blue dot of our planet

The surrounding region is composed of visible-light observations taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys

Nebula Carina II Silver Galaxy and red indicating deeper cloudsThis craggy fantasy mountaintop enshrouded by wispy clouds looks like a bizarre landscape from Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" or a Dr. Seuss book, depending on your imagination. The NASA Hubble Space Telescope image, which is even more dramatic than fiction, captures the chaotic activity atop 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 assaulted