Nebula Carina Panorama Released only recently

Released only recently

A Bok globule nicknamed the "caterpillar" appears at the right

so the smallest storms on this mosaic are comparable in size to the largest hurricanes on Earth

depending on your imagination

most of the light seen is the weak heat glow from cosmic dust grains

Nebula Carina Panorama Released only recentlyA 50 light year wide view of the central region of the Carina Nebula where a maelstrom of star birth and death is taking place. Hubble's view of the nebula shows star birth in a new level of detail. The fantasy like landscape of the nebula is sculpted by the action of outflowing winds and scorching ultraviolet radiation from the monster stars that inhabit this inferno. In the process, these stars are shredding the surrounding material that is the last