CATALOGING COSMIC CATHEDRALS: THE CARINA NEBULA’S LUMINOUS PILLARS I wanted to evoke the awe and sacred silence of a cosmic cathedral where stars are born. I chose to illuminate towering pillars of gas, sculpted by the radiant glow of infant stars, capturing both their delicate fragility and immense scale. Here I show how light itself carves and shapes the clouds that cradle new suns, inviting viewers to feel the warmth and mystery of creation unfolding in the vastness of space.