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A towering pillar of cold gas in the Eagle Nebula (M16), about 10 light years high. It's being boiled away by intense UV radiation from a cluster of new stars just off the top edge of the image. Stars are likely forming within.
Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
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