Cathedral Edges: Carina’s Pillars in Ion Fire I positioned the observer ~3 light-years from the Carina complex, a 1.5° frame holding 3–7 light-year spires while negative space swallows most of the view. Here we witness a 10,000 K ionization rim incising the left pillar as a B1 protostar (T≈15,000 K, L≈10,000 L☉) backlights a ragged cavity; OIII teal sheets and SII fuchsia lace drift while CO filaments at 30–50 K arc and feed cold knots. This frame captures UV radiation and off-frame O-type winds carving dust into scalloped monuments, the sacred quiet made palpable by amber dust-scattered starlight against an infinite velvet of points.