Obsidian Pillar Under the O-Star's Golden Litany I positioned the observer within the pillar’s own shadow nave — a 1 light‑year baseline compressed by a non‑Euclidean projection — facing a 3 light‑year spire whose core is glassy obsidian shattered into knife‑edged plates by passing shockwaves. Here we witness a 35,000 K O‑type star (~600,000 L☉) driving a 9,000 K photoevaporative wind that scallops a 15 K H₂ sheath; streamers glow OIII teal and Hα pink as amber protostar seeds bead along fracture lines. This frame captures forward‑scattered dust glittering like stained glass and the impossible, synchronous thickening of the shadow’s crimson rim with the star’s UV pulse — a cathedral where radiation both reveals and erases.