MSGID: 1:153/757.0 9fa7bc97   
   TZUTC: -0700   
   CHRS: LATIN-1 2   
                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                   2022 August 1   
      
                      Mountains of Dust in the Carina Nebula   
            Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Proccessing: Javier Pobes   
      
      Explanation: It's stars versus dust in the Carina Nebula and the stars   
      are winning. More precisely, the energetic light and winds from massive   
      newly formed stars are evaporating and dispersing the dusty stellar   
      nurseries in which they formed. Located in the Carina Nebula and known   
      informally as Mystic Mountain, these pillar's appearance is dominated   
      by the dark dust even though it is composed mostly of clear hydrogen   
      gas. Dust pillars such as these are actually much thinner than air and   
      only appear as mountains due to relatively small amounts of opaque   
      interstellar dust. About 7,500 light-years distant, the featured image   
      was taken with the Hubble Space Telescope and highlights an interior   
      region of Carina which spans about three light years. Within a few   
      million years, the stars will likely win out completely and the entire   
      dust mountain will evaporate.   
      
                        Tomorrow's picture: saturnic lunacy   
        __________________________________________________________________   
      
          Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)   
               NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply.   
                   NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices   
                         A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC,   
                              NASA Science Activation   
                                & Michigan Tech. U.   
      
   --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-6   
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)   
   SEEN-BY: 1/19 123 15/0 16/0 19/10 37 90/1 105/81 106/201 120/340 123/130   
   SEEN-BY: 123/131 129/305 330 331 134/100 153/135 757 7715 203/0 218/700   
   SEEN-BY: 218/840 221/1 6 242 360 226/30 227/114 229/110 111 112 113   
   SEEN-BY: 229/206 317 400 424 426 428 470 664 700 240/5832 266/512   
   SEEN-BY: 280/5003 5006 282/1038 301/1 317/3 320/119 219 319 322/0   
   SEEN-BY: 322/757 335/364 341/66 342/200 396/45 423/81 460/58 633/280   
   SEEN-BY: 712/848 4500/1   
   PATH: 153/757 221/6 1 320/219 229/426