# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Db519z8vcyN
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68995457-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-11T14:59:33.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

What do you see in this photo by NASAWebb? A bird? An elephant? A giraffe?
 
This is Webb’s infrared view of part of the Carina Nebula, a star-forming region also home to the Cosmic Cliffs, which was one of the first images released by Webb. Here Webb captures a different aspect of Carina: a feature called the Treasure Chest, which is an object known as a cometary globule.
 
A cometary globule is an isolated cloud of gas and dust with a dense, dark head and a sweeping tail. These clouds often somewhat resemble comets, but the Treasure Chest looks distinctly like a wooden chest with its lid wide open… or the plumes of a space chicken. Inside is a compact cluster of massive, young stars wrapped up in dust. Some of these baby stars are surrounded by disks that may one day produce planets.
 
#NASA #Webb #Nebula

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