The Pillars of Creation

The Eagle Nebula’s Pillars of Creation. This image shows the pillars as seen in visible light, capturing the multi-coloured glow of gas clouds, wispy tendrils of dark cosmic dust, and the rust-coloured elephants’ trunks of the nebula’s famous pillars. The image has been scaled for different canvas fits.

Credit: NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team