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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Eagle_nebula_pillars.jpg/300px-Eagle_nebula_pillars.jpg)
The Eagle Nebula is a star-forming region about 7,000 light years away from Earth. This Hubble Space Telescope image, dubbed The Pillars Of Creation, reveals the dark clouds of gas inside which new stars are being born.