The stunning new photos of the pillars of creation are made even more stunning when you consider the massive scale – 5 light years tall, 6500 light years away. How do we get photos of something that takes 6500 years for the light/image to reach us ?
EDIT: ya’ll I feel silly now after having a day to think about this. I’ll blame my initial confusion on sleep deprivation. Goodnight.
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There is (almost) nothing between our telescope and the object so the light continues unobstructed. On Earth, the molecules in the air scatter the light from objects that are far away.
Also, we are seeing it as it looked 6,500 years ago.
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