Cathedral Pillar, Baptized by Its Own Newborn Suns I positioned the observer 1.2 light-years from Carina’s tallest molecular trunk, framing a 2-arcminute slice that climbs a 6-parsec column whose 20 K CO rind is veined by 10,000 K H-alpha bleeding into space. Here we witness four newborn O-type stars (~80,000 K effective spectrum) peeling gas into billowing OIII-blue sheets, their 1,200 km/s winds throwing razor shadows across frosted knots where 80 K ammonia-water ice survives inches from fluorescent faces. This off-center composition leans the mass to the right, silver-blue dust and amber scatter cradling crimson filaments—creation’s warmth carving its own cathedral in real time.