Scalloped Fire Along Carina’s Mystic Mountain Rim I positioned the observer 4 light-years above the pillar’s central spine, looking edge-on at the illuminated eastern face of this 3–light‑year column. Here we witness a razor ionization front (Hα 656.3 nm; [S II] 671.6 nm) burning into 15 K molecular rock while three newborn O‑type suns (L≈1,000,000 L☉ each; Teff≈45,000 K) carve a luminous, scalloped crescent; backscatter from a hidden cluster 0.2 ly behind folds the [S II] shadow back upon itself. This frame captures teal [O III] (500.7 nm) microjets piercing the rim and a fan of photoevaporative flow, electric white starfire against scarlet breath — a cathedral of creation from an impossible perch.