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MEXICO: The legendary space clouds known as The Pillars of Creation have revealed a whole lot of previously unseen things in a first-ever 3D view. The graceful, finger-like gas wonders can be glimpsed in stunning clarity in the accompanying video.
Mankind’s first encounter with the pillars happened in 1995, when the Hubble space telescope revealed the graceful gas protrusions, which are actually part of a region called the Eagle Nebula – a sort of star nursery, where violent births take place in clouds of gas. The radioactive stellar winds that are emitted when a birth takes place often disperse the gas around a new star, allowing for closer views.
But sometimes the clouds withstand these forces, obscuring the view. This happens in regions where the gas is more dense and full of stuff. Often, this battle of forces pushes the gas into peculiar shapes, such as the pillars.
An updated, higher-resolution view was provided in 2014, with the use of advanced new hardware. But this time, we’re getting a 3D rendition, which not only heightens the clarity but also allows scientists to more accurately place the finger-like clouds geographically in the nebula, as well as learn more about their distribution through the region.
