Carina Nebula

Carina Nebula - This image 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 from within, as infant stars buried inside it fire off jets of gas that can be seen streaming from towering peaks. — at lmage Credit: NASA/ESA/M. Livio/Hubble 20th Anniversary Team/STScI.