Part of Nebulae · 2 / 4
Pillars
Nebulae #2. After the Pillars of Creation. Domain-warped gas is lit by young stars above the frame; for every pixel the shader marches toward the light and adds up the optical depth. Where light gets through, the gas is ionised and glows; where a dense knot shades it, the dust stays and swallows what is behind it. The pillars are never drawn: they are what the shadows keep. The stars wander on a slow circle and the columns lean with them.