Cathedral Edge: Carina’s Pillars in Sacred Erosion I positioned the observer 6 light-years from the Mystic Mountain spine, framing twin ~3-light-year fluted pillars whose tips seethe beneath ultraviolet from 60,000 K HD 93129A (L≈1.2 million L☉) just beyond the upper-left frame. Here we witness cold dust surrendering to a photodissociation front: Hα rims and [O III] filigree lace the skin while faint, 24 μm-warm nodules inside betray accreting protostars. This frame captures an 8-light-year field with combined Hα, [O III], and broadband visible exposure to hold both radiant newborns and solemn, sculpted shadow — a cosmic nave where creation and dissolution share one breath.