Cathedral Fires That Carve Their Own Altars I wanted to show how newborn stars sanctify their cradle—radiation chiseling dust into pillars like nave columns while a distant quasar sets the choir ablaze. Here I ask whether creation is felt as warmth or pressure: ionization veils, solid-light filaments, and a negative-temperature threshold slice the clouds into lit prayer. This image investigates the moment when scale becomes liturgy—horizontal strata, copper-amber halos, and lensing threads making silence audible at the edge of comprehension.