Pillars of Creation the Eagle Nebula

One of the most famous Hubble images, stars can be seen forming from huge gas pillars. The pillars are no longer there they were destroyed by a supernova shockwave 6000 years ago, however this event will not be visible for another thousand years from Earth or the Hubble telescopes vantage point as the Eagle Nebula is 7000 light years from Earth.
The left pillar in the image alone stands
at a distance of 4 light years across!