An old photograph, but well worth another viewing. 'The Pillars of Creation', part of the Eagle Nebula, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995. This is light and dust approx 7,000 light years away from Earth, creating new stars. These are huge things brothers and sisters, the left hand part being 4 light years long. Amazing. Look upon them and weep you mere mortals.
Below is another image, taken in 2011 by the Herschel Space Observatory, in far-infrared. There is a lot more information and photographs here and here. Once again, amazing.
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