Sujet
Hubble photo of a small portion of one of the largest known star-birth regions in the galaxy
Légende
Hubble photo of a small portion of one of the largest known star-birth regions in the galaxy / the Carina Nebula. Three light-year-tall towers of cool hydrogen laced with dust rise from the wall of the nebula. Scorching radiation and fast winds (streams of charged particles) from super-hot newborn stars in the nebula are shaping and compressing the pillar / causing new stars to form within it. Streamers of hot ionized gas can be seen flowing off the ridges of the structure / and wispy veils of gas and dust / illuminated by starlight / float around its towering peaks. The denser parts of the pillar are resisting being eroded by radiation much like a towering butte in Utah’s Monument Valley withstands erosion by water and wind.
Info+
NASA/World History Archive
Crédit
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Notre référence
ARP11A03_133
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
51,2Mo (2,7Mo) / 37,3cm x 34,4cm / 4400 x 4068 (300dpi)