Cosmic Cliffs
© NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI
The ‘Cosmic Cliffs’ of the Carina Nebula is one of the first five images to emerge from the James Webb Space Telescope. The celestial ‘mountains’ in this image are made up of hot, ionised gas and dust that has been sculpted by the ultraviolet radiation emitted by a young star at the centre of the nebula. Ultraviolet winds have created the appearance of mountain peaks and cavernous valleys.