Mystic Mountain IV (Carina) Size:72" x 36" (183 cm x 91 cm) NASA's Cassini spacecraft slipped into

NASA's Cassini spacecraft slipped into Saturn's shadow and turned to image the planet

are silhouetted against a colorful background of glowing

while the darker red areas indicate cooler temperatures

They are overlaid on this image to give a scale to Hubble's very narrow view on the heavens

Mystic Mountain IV (Carina) Size:72" x 36" (183 cm x 91 cm) NASA's Cassini spacecraft slipped intoThis craggy fantasy mountaintop enshrouded by wispy clouds looks like a bizarre landscape from Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" or a Dr. Seuss book, depending on your imagination. The NASA Hubble Space Telescope image, which is even more dramatic than fiction, captures the chaotic activity atop a three light year tall pillar of gas and dust that is being eaten away by the brilliant light from nearby bright stars. The pillar is also being assaulted