Desktop Wallpaper: Deep space nebula

by Mark Kaelin  |  August 30, 2012, 12:27am PDT  |  Image 19 of 19

Dust Pillar of the Carina Nebula

The monster, on the right, is actually an inanimate pillar of gas and dust that measures over a light year in length. The star, not itself visible through the opaque dust, is bursting out partly by ejecting energetic beams of particles.

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

Dust Pillar of the Carina Nebula - Image 19 of 19

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