Pillars of Creation Visible and IR
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Pillars of Creation Visible and IR
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
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Photograph - Photograph
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Unique Pillars of Creation view - infrared and visible, enhanced and combined.
This is a unique combination of two previously enhanced NASA images of the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula, one showing the Pillars under visible light, the other in IR. The combination shows the visible part of the nebula while exposing structures hidden by dust and gas.
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has revisited one of its most iconic and popular images: the Eagle Nebula’s Pillars of Creation. This image shows the pillars as seen in infrared light, allowing it to pierce through obscuring dust and gas and unveil a more unfamiliar — but just as amazing — view of the pillars. In this ethereal view the entire frame is peppered with bright stars and baby stars are revealed being formed within the pillars themselves. The ghostly outlines of the pillars seem much more delicate, and are silhouetted against an eerie blue haze. Hubble also captured the pillars in visible light.
Infrared light pierces through obscuring dust and gas and unveils a more unfamiliar view of the pillars. In this view the entire frame is peppered with bright stars and baby stars are revealed being formed within the pillars themselves. The ghostly outlines of the pillars seem much more delicate, and are silhouetted against an eerie blue haze. Hubble also captured the pillars in visible light.
Original images and text by NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team. Further image enhancements, combination and post processing by Weston Westmoreland.
The two separate enhanced views of the Pillars and many more NASA and Hubble enhanced images one copy-paste away in my gallery at https://weston-westmoreland.pixels.com/collections/astronomy
Weston Westmoreland
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July 17th, 2019
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