Shown above, the infrared image allows observers to peer through normally opaque dust and so better capture the full complexity of the Eagle Nebula star forming region.
In particular, the three famous pillars near the image center are seen bathed in dust likely warmed by a supernova explosion.
The warm dust is digitally assigned the false color of red.
Also visible, near the bottom of the image, is ten light-year long pillar sometimes dubbed the Fairy of Eagle Nebula.
