Carina Nebula Cosmic Cliffs WEBB Telescope
by Bill Swartwout
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Carina Nebula Cosmic Cliffs WEBB Telescope
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Bill Swartwout
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Photograph - Fine Art Photography
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What looks much like craggy mountains on a moonlit evening is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals previously obscured areas of star birth.
Called the Cosmic Cliffs, the region is actually the edge of a gigantic, gaseous cavity within NGC 3324, roughly 7,600 light-years away. The cavernous area has been carved from the nebula by the intense ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds from extremely massive, hot, young stars located in the center of the bubble, above the area shown in this image. The high-energy radiation from these stars is sculpting the nebula’s wall by slowly eroding it away.
Image credit: NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) - available in the public domain in accordance with NASA's contract. Unless otherwise specifically stated, no claim to copyright is being asserted by STScI and imagery on their site may be freely used as in the public domain in accordance with NASA's contract (NAS5-03127).
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July 12th, 2022
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