Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2022 August 1 [2]The featured image shows a large pillar of dust and gas in the Carina Nebula. The pillar has many humps and several jets. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. Mountains of Dust in the Carina Nebula Image Credit: [3]NASA, [4]ESA, [5]Hubble; Proccessing: [6]Javier Pobes Explanation: It's stars versus dust in the Carina Nebula and the stars are winning. More precisely, the energetic light and winds from massive newly formed stars are evaporating and dispersing the [7]dusty stellar nurseries in which they formed. Located in the [8]Carina Nebula and known informally as [9]Mystic Mountain, these pillar's appearance is dominated by the dark dust even though it is composed mostly of clear [10]hydrogen gas. Dust pillars such as these are actually much thinner than air and only appear as [11]mountains due to relatively small amounts of opaque interstellar [12]dust. About 7,500 light-years distant, the featured image was taken with the [13]Hubble Space Telescope and highlights an interior region of Carina which spans about three [14]light years. Within a few million years, the stars will likely [15]win out completely and the entire dust mountain [16]will evaporate. Tomorrow's picture: saturnic lunacy __________________________________________________________________ [17]< | [18]Archive | [19]Submissions | [20]Index | [21]Search | [22]Calendar | [23]RSS | [24]Education | [25]About APOD | [26]Discuss | [27]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [28]Robert Nemiroff ([29]MTU) & [30]Jerry Bonnell ([31]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [32]Specific rights apply. [33]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [34]ASD at [35]NASA / [36]GSFC, [37]NASA Science Activation & [38]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2208/MysticCarina_HubbleSerrano_1465.jpg 3. https://www.nasa.gov/ 4. https://www.esa.int/ 5. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/about 6. https://www.instagram.com/javierpobes/ 7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061022.html 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090524.html 9. https://hubblesite.org/image/2707/news_release/2010-13 10. http://apod.nasa.gov/rjn/apod/lib/lament.html 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100426.html 12. http://espg.sr.unh.edu/ism/what1.html#dust 13. https://hubblesite.org/mission-and-telescope 14. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/light-year/en/ 15. https://www.barnorama.com/wp-content/images/2013/01/Cats-Standing/30-Cats-Standing.jpg 16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_iAYY3HuSM 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220731.html 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 21. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 26. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=220801 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220802.html 28. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 29. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 30. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 31. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 32. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 33. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 34. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 35. https://www.nasa.gov/ 36. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 37. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 38. http://www.mtu.edu/