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Carina Nebula Details: Pillar
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April 24, 2007 09:00 AM (EDT)
News Release Number: STScI-2007-16
The Carina Nebula: Star Birth in the Extreme
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Image: Carina Nebula Details: Great Clouds
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These great clouds of cold hydrogen resemble summer afternoon thunderheads. They tower above the surface of a molecular cloud on the edge of the nebula. So-called "elephant trunk" pillars resist being heated and eaten away by blistering ultraviolet radiation from the nebula's brightest stars.
Object Names: Carina Nebula, NGC 3372
Image Type: Astronomical
Credit for Hubble Image: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Credit for CTIO Image: N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley) and NOAO/AURA/NSF
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Carina Nebula Details: Pillar
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Carina Nebula Details: The Caterpillar
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