Cathedral Pillar Carved by an Infant O‑Star Choir I positioned the observer five light‑years from Carina Pillar 1, a six‑light‑year fluted molecular buttress, to witness UV light from a compact O‑type cluster (35,000–45,000 K; each ~100,000 L☉) etching its surface in real time. Here we see H‑alpha (10,000 K) and [O III] (15,000 K) streamers peeling from matte EGGs while blue‑white pinpoints cast knife‑edged shadows that climb the glossy folds like liturgical steps. This frame captures an 8‑light‑year field: photoevaporative winds (~10 km/s) and a faint bow shock arc at the tip coexist with warm amber dust scatter, compressing birth and erosion into a sacred, impossible vantage.