Within the tempestuous Carina Nebula lies “Mystic Mountain.”
Within the tempestuous Carina Nebula lies “Mystic Mountain.” This three-light-year-tall cosmic pinnacle, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope‘s Wide Field Camera 3 in 2010, is made up primarily of dust and gas, and exhibits signs of intense star-forming activity. The colors in this composite image correspond to the glow of oxygen (blue), hydrogen and nitrogen (green) and sulfur (red).
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)