More and more I find the beauty of space is more astounding than any artist can imagine here on Earth. To the right is a fascinating NASA-provided image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope:
This Hubble photo is 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 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.
The much larger image shown below was released in 2007 to celebrate the 17th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble
Space Telescope:
...a 50-light-year-wide view of the central region of the
Carina Nebula where a maelstrom of star birth — and death — is taking place. This image is
a mosaic of the Carina Nebula assembled from 48 frames taken with Hubble's Advanced
Camera for Surveys. The Hubble images were taken in the light of neutral hydrogen during
March and July 2005. Color information was added with data taken in December 2001 and
March 2003 at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. Red corresponds to
sulfur, green to hydrogen, and blue to oxygen emission.
If you are trying to locate the Pillars and Jets within the larger image, you can zoom the photo here. Take a look in the upper right quadrant.