The Pillars of Creation, from Hubble
The Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula (M16), re-imaged by Hubble in 2014: columns of brown gas rising against blue-green light, perhaps the most famous space photograph of all. The tall pillars fit 9:16 as they are.
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About this wallpaper
The visible-light view of the Pillars of Creation released by ESA/Hubble in January 2015 (heic1501a), cropped to 9:16 around the pillars. In this star-forming region of the Eagle Nebula, M16, columns of brown-to-ocher gas rise from bottom to top with blue-white glowing rims, against a background grading from blue-green to deep blue with scattered stars. Licensed CC BY 4.0; credit NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team.
On the home screen
The pillars rise through the center and lower part; the blue background at the top is quieter. Keep icons at the top and the pillars stay visible.
On the lock screen
The top is fairly bright blue-green light; a white clock is readable but subdued.
Colors and mood
Brown and ocher gas, a blue-green to deep-blue background and blue-white glowing rims.
Specs
- Aspect ratio
- 9:16
- Resolution
- 1440×2560
- Region
- Neon Forest
- Coordinates
- 09·02
- Sector
- ISLAND III
- Lock-screen clock
- ○ Readable
- Home screen
- ○ Fine
- Pure black
- 2%
- Brightness
- 86 / 255 · medium
- Artist
- NASA / ESA / Hubble Heritage Team · 2015-01-05
- License
- CC BY 4.0
This work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. You are free to use it as a wallpaper. If you share or redistribute it elsewhere, credit “NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team”, link to the license and note that it has been modified (cropped). See the license
