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.

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)
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TakenApril 22, 2010
ProducerJPL
Image CreditNASA, ESA, M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)
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PIA NumberPIA15985