Reverse Shadow Among Carina’s Cathedral Pillars I positioned the observer 3 light‑years above the Carina ridge, looking down an 8‑parsec corridor between two 6‑parsec pillars whose skins mix 10–50 K dust with 8000 K H II, rimmed in [OIII] turquoise and [SII] crimson. Here we witness six infant suns (<1 Myr, up to ~5×10^5 L☉, effective temperatures from ~6000 K to >25,000 K) backlighting arches and buttresses, carving photoevaporative lace in real time. This frame captures a luminous paradox: the left pillar’s “ascending negative” — a reverse‑shadow that bends upward and brightens the wall it should darken — set against golden PAH reflection veils that translate harsh UV into warm copper light, revealing both scalding brilliance and hushed incubating voids in one impossible, panoramic sweep.