Cosmic Cliffs in Carina Nebula - James Webb Telescope

This is a digitally enhanced version of an image of Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula acquired by NASA’s James Webb Telescope with its... more

by Ram Vasudev

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Cosmic Cliffs in Carina Nebula - James Webb Telescope

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Ram Vasudev

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This is a digitally enhanced version of an image of Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula acquired by NASA’s James Webb Telescope with its near-infrared camera.

I have considerably modified the original raw image (which is in the public-domain) to enhance the colors, beauty, balance and luminosity, in order to provide you a breathtaking, high quality, fine art print through this website.

The image shows young, star-forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula, revealing previously obscured areas of star birth. Located about 7,600 light-years away, NGC 3324 is located at the northwest corner of the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372), which is located in the constellation Carina. The Cosmic Cliffs are at the edge of a huge gaseous cavity within NGC 3324. The cavernous area has been carved from the nebula by the intense ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds from extremely massive, hot, young stars located in the center of the bubble, above the area shown in this image. The high-energy radiation from these stars is sculpting the nebula’s wall by slowly eroding it away.

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July 15th, 2022