![The Mystic Mountain is seen as a chaotic pillar of colorful gas and dust, narrowing toward the top of the image. The dust and gas is mostly yellow, brown, and orange, all jutting against a hazy purple and blue background with a few pink stars.](https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/PIA15985/PIA15985~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1767&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint)
Hubble Captures View of Mystic Mountain
NASA Hubble Space Telescope 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 in a tempestuous stellar nursery called the Carina Nebula.
Credits: NASA, ESA, M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)
TakenApril 22, 2010
ProducerJPL
Image CreditNASA, ESA, M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)
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PIA NumberPIA15985