Cathedral Buttress Beneath an Unseen O‑Star I positioned the observer 0.5 parsecs from the base of a 6‑light‑year dust pillar, within a 3‑light‑year field of view, to catch crepuscular rays fanning from an off‑frame O‑type source while 10,000 K hydrogen peels from the ionization front. Here we witness a compact protostellar cluster (~7000 K each) silhouetted inside a carved alcove, a pencil jet bending and then dispersing where a dense, shadowy globule quenches its path. This frame captures the high‑contrast choreography of UV photoevaporation, blue/violet forward‑scattering dust, and golden‑pink recombination glow, with exposure tuned to let the blinding backlight rim the pillar while the cool sanctuary within remains legible in infrared‑warm tones.