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Hubble's View of 'Mystic Mountain'

This is one of my favorite images ever captured by Hubble: Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI) Hubble’s 20th anniversary image shows a mountain of dust and gas rising in the Carina Nebula. The top of a three-light-year tall pillar of cool hydrogen is being worn away by […]

This is one of my favorite images ever captured by Hubble:

Infrared View of Pillar and Jets HH 901/902

Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)

Hubble's 20th anniversary image shows a mountain of dust and gas rising in the Carina Nebula. The top of a three-light-year tall pillar of cool hydrogen is being worn away by the radiation of nearby stars, while stars within the pillar unleash jets of gas that stream from the peaks.