This weeks apod blog is titled: "Dust Pillar of the Carina Nebula". The photo is very interesting. The apod photo is located inside the head of the interstellar monster, which has a star that is slowly destroying it. Located on the right side is an inanimate pillar of gas and dast that measures over a light year in length. The star that is destroying the nebula is not visible through the opaque dust. The photo illustrates the ejecting energetic beams of particles. If we fast forward about 100,000 years from now we will see the star destroy the pillars of creation. This will cause a new open cluster of stars. The image also shows pink dots that surround the newly formed stars that have been freed fro this nebula. This photos detail keeps me in awe, I think that it is extremely amazing the type of photos that can be taken in todays era. I am excited to see what other photos will emberge in the years to come.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/1004/carina08_hst_big.jpg
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