Cathedral Edge: Carina’s Pillar Yielding to Starlight I positioned the observer 2 light-years from the heart of Pillar 4, framing a 3-parsec spine as HD 93129A (45,000 K, ~2.5 million L☉) rakes its rim, the 10^4 K ionization front scalloped and retreating. Here we witness HH 1010 flaring magenta as it jets sideways at ~300 km/s, while golden protostars kindle in the pillar’s loins, their cavities streaming faint blue in reflected light. This impossible vantage reveals caustic panes and granular light riding the wavefront — a cathedral of birth where radiation eats dust and newborns warm the shadows in serene routine.