A towering "mountain" of cold hydrogen gas laced with dust is the site of new star formation in the Carina Nebula. The great gas pillar is being eroded by the ultraviolet radiation from the hottest newborn stars in the nebula.
Object Names: Carina Nebula, NGC 3372
Image Type: Astronomical
Credit for CTIO Image: N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley) and NOAO/AURA/NSF
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