NASA is one of the few organizations in the world that makes headlines for releasing better versions of old photos. That doesn’t work for most people when posting new photos of their trip to the Poconos or something.
But when it’s the Pillars of Creation, it tends to be justified, even if the photos are only about a week apart. Recently the Webb telescope used its Near-Infrared Camera to release a sharper, more detailed image of the region with a view that peered through much of the space dust that normally obscures the area.
Like a photographer changing the setting on a camera, NASA then switched to the Mid-Infrared Instrument. This helps illuminate the dust that cloaks the scene, according to NASA.
“And while mid-infrared light specializes in detailing where dust is, the stars aren’t bright enough at these wavelengths to appear. Instead, these looming, leaden-hued pillars of gas and dust gleam at their edges, hinting at the activity within,” NASA states.
In this view, the hauntingly blue gas and dust take precedence, and the stars almost completely disappear from sight. It gives the appearance of some…
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