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Towering Infernos
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This majestic false-color image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the "mountains" where stars are born. Dubbed "Mountains of Creation" by Spitzer scientists, these towering pillars of cool gas and dust are illuminated at their tips with light from warm embryonic stars.
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Credit lineTowering Infernos. NASA/JPL, 2005-11-09. Public domain. ID: PIA03096.
