Yeah it's awesome isn't it? I always look for those spikes/jets in Eta shots. If you can make them up (sort of) you know the shot is real good and there is one member here that did an outstanding shot of the area.
Its so like 'The Pillars of Creation' .... which I originally thought it was, but this is 'Mystic Mountain' in the Carina Nebula, and magnifico!!
....Part of the press rlease from Hubble site -
"NASA is releasing today a brand new Hubble photo of a small portion of one of the largest seen star-birth regions in the galaxy, the Carina Nebula. Towers of cool hydrogen laced with dust rise from the wall of the nebula. The scene is reminiscent of Hubble’s classic “Pillars of Creation” photo from 1995, but is even more striking in appearance. The image captures the top of 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 pushed apart from within, as infant stars buried inside it fire off jets of gas that can be seen streaming from towering peaks like arrows sailing through the air.
To date, Hubble has looked at over 30,000 celestial objects and amassed over one-half million pictures in its archive. The last heroic astronaut servicing mission to Hubble in May 2009 made it 100 times more powerful than when it was launched. In addition to its irreplaceable scientific importance, Hubble brings cosmic wonders into millions of homes and schools every day. For the past 20 years the public has become co-explorers with this wondrous observatory."
My apologies Liz. I posted a similar thread in the "Science" forum, not realising that this one had been put up in "General". Pays to look outside the obvious box first, heh!
My apologies Liz. I posted a similar thread in the "Science" forum, not realising that this one had been put up in "General". Pays to look outside the obvious box first, heh!
Gorgeous Hubble image
