Crest Where Light Unweaves Its Birthcloud I positioned the observer 3 light‑years above Carina’s central cavity to witness a 6‑light‑year molecular pillar being hollowed from within by a newborn O‑type star (T≈38,000 K, L≈8×10^5 L☉). Here we see its Hα sheath (656 nm) bloom along evaporative ridges while an advancing OIII shock (500–501 nm) arcs in teal, peeling 10,000 K plasma into space; narrowband SHO mapping renders SII as crimson at the densest core, Hα as electric green along rills, and OIII as blue‑teal at the leading edge. This frame captures a long‑exposure scan through time and depth: lower regions brighten as ionization builds, upper cavities resolve as the OIII arc advances by fractions of a parsec, revealing a cathedral of gas sculpted by its own infant star.