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Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula
By NASA Images
July 12th, 2022
What looks much like craggy mountains on a moonlit evening is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals previously obscured areas of star birth.
Called the Cosmic Cliffs, the region is actually the edge of a gigantic, gaseous cavity within NGC 3324, roughly 7,600 light-years away. The cavernous area has been carved from the nebula by the intense ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds from extremely massive, hot, young stars located in the center of the bubble, above the area shown in this image. The high-energy radiation from these stars is sculpting the nebula’s wall by slowly eroding it away.
NIRCam – with its crisp resolution and unparalleled sensitivity – unveils hundreds of previously hidden stars, and even numerous background galaxies. Several prominent features in this image are described below.
- The “steam” that appears to rise from the celestial “mountains” is actually hot, ionized gas and hot dust streaming away from the nebula due to intense, ultraviolet radiation.
- Dramatic pillars rise above the glowing wall of gas, resisting the blistering ultraviolet radiation from the young stars.
- Bubbles and cavities are being blown by the intense radiation and stellar winds of newborn stars.
- Protostellar jets and outflows, which appear in gold, shoot from dust-enshrouded, nascent stars.
- A “blow-out” erupts at the top-center of the ridge, spewing gas and dust into the interstellar medium.
- An unusual “arch” appears, looking like a bent-over cylinder.
This period of very early star formation is difficult to capture because, for an individual star, it lasts only about 50,000 to 100,000 years – but Webb’s extreme sensitivity and exquisite spatial resolution have chronicled this rare event.
Located roughly 7,600 light-years away, NGC 3324 was first catalogued by James Dunlop in 1826. Visible from the Southern Hemisphere, it is located at the northwest corner of the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372), which resides in the constellation Carina. The Carina Nebula is home to the Keyhole Nebula and the active, unstable supergiant star called Eta Carinae.
NIRCam was built by a team at the University of Arizona and Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Technology Center.
Millin' Around
July 8th, 2014
Cedar Creek Grist Mill, Washington State. Spring 2014.
Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop.
Samsung NX30.
, Samsung NX 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 ED OIS.
Photo Settings: 20mm, f/11, 1/8 second, ISO 100.
Tokyo Tower
August 5th, 2018
Taken from Roppongi Hills, Tokyo.
Tokyo Tower is the second tallest structure in Japan.
Apple Aperture, Color Efex Pro.
Photo Settings: 46mm, f/8, ISO 100.
The Cobbler
August 17th, 2018
The Cobbler - also known as Ben Arthur - has the most distinctive outline of any mountain in the Scottish Southern Highlands.
Adobe Lightroom CC.
NN294048
Canon EOS 650D, Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM.
Photo Settings: 55mm, f/5, 1/200 second, ISO 100.
One Way
July 11th, 2014
Tree canopy. Moulton Falls, Washington. Spring 2014.
Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop. Samsung NX30.
, Samsung NX 10mm F3.5 Fisheye.
Photo Settings: 10mm, f/22, 1/80 second, ISO 400.
Sandy Cay
January 22nd, 2014
Taken during my secluded walk around Sandy Cay Island, British Virgin Islands.
Adobe Lightroom 4, Adobe Photoshop CS6.
Misty Yosemite
By scarbrtj
September 8th, 2017
This is the first time I visited Yosemite and thus obviously the first time I saw the famed Tunnel View vista. This is at sunrise, about 5:30 in the morning. The crowds were still thin, and many roads in the park had just been re-opened for the Spring/Summer. I have adjusted the RAW file for exposure and white balance in Photoshop and Light Room, with additional minor tweaks in Exposure X2.
Lightroom, Photoshop, Exposure X2. Sony a7rii, Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 lens.
Sony Alpha 7R, Tamron SP AF 17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical (IF).
Photo Settings: 17mm, f/5, 2.5 seconds, ISO 400.
Map: 37.7156, -119.6769
Morraine Lake
By natekroek
May 22nd, 2014
Morraine Lake, AB, Canada is the starting point of the Larch Valley hike. Hoping for better weather, a friend and I set out for a light day in the mountains. The clouds happened to offer a nice light for this shot.
Shot from a very common spot to photograph. I believe this to be a very different mood and angle than the norm, though.
Editing with HDRSoft Photomatix and Adobe Lightroom.
Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM.
Photo Settings: 10mm, f/16, 1/30 second, ISO 200.
Milky Tail
By stelvio
July 16th, 2018
I took this photo in the winter, north of Phoenix, Arizona. I didn't think it would turn out but you can see at least 24 stars which is nice. Obviously the entire Milky Way isn't visible that time of the year but there is a lot less chaos in the photo, as I personally prefer.
A tripod was used, as well as Adobe Lightroom.
Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM.
Photo Settings: 24mm, f/4, 15 seconds, ISO 3200.
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