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Picture Album: Gas Pillars in the Eagle Nebula (M16): Pillars of Creation in a Star-Forming Region

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Gas Pillars in the Eagle Nebula (M16): Pillars of Creation in a Star-Forming Region

Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, J. Hester and P. Scowen (Arizona State University)

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