This a near infrared image of M16 using Astrodon infrared filters which utilize the fact that the STXL6303 sensor has response out past 1100 nm.
Many more normally obscured stars are visible in the infrared image. and the "pillars" are less prominent. Anyway it's something different.
Cheers
Steve
http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/M...L6303_RC14.htm