THE PILLARS OF CREATION š
what you think about pillars of creation? what is a pillar of creation? where is the pillar of creation? P illars of creation is a photograph taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of elephant trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle nebula, specifically the Serpens constellation, some 6,500 - 7,000 light-years from earth. they are so named because the gas and dust are in the process of creating new stars, while also being eroded by the light from nearby stars that have recently formed. taken in April1,1995, it was named one of the top ten photographs from Hubble. the astronomer responsible for the photo was Jeff Hester and Paul Scowen from Arizona state university. the region was rephotographed by ESA's Herschel Space Observatory in 2011, and by Hubble in 2014 with a newer camera. The pillars are composed of cool molecular hydrogen and dust that are being eroded by photoevaporation from the ultraviolet light of relatively close and hot st...