Cathedral Pillar Backlit by Newborn O‑Stars I positioned the observer 3 light‑years from Carina’s “Mystic Mountain,” framing a 5‑parsec column of 40 K molecular gas whose sunward rim blazes in Hα and SII while a Class I protostar (T≈2000 K) bores a jagged rift through its dust‑black heart. Here we witness UV from O‑type suns (T≈40,000 K, ~10^6 L☉ each) driving a 10,000 K ionization front and OIII streamers, even as a paradox emerges: the shadow behind the tip glows brighter in Hα than the lit face due to resonant scattering and foreground emission. This frame captures a 6‑parsec field with impossible dynamic range—ruby Hα, teal OIII, and amber dust—rendering the sacred quiet of slow photoevaporation against an ocean of blue‑white starlight.