When I initially saw the Hubble images of Eagle Nebula, (Pillars of Creation) years ago, I was flat out blow away, not only by the image, but the size of it. So much so, I had to see it for myself.
I shot the above image a few years back, not Hubble quality, but I didn't have Hubble's budget either.☺
However, it was a supernova explosion which blew them apart. But as you know, their image will linger for another thousand years as it takes that long for light to travel from there to Earth.
The size? The pillar on the left is about 23,462,784,000,000 miles in length, that's **23 trillion** miles tall.
And the whole thing was blow away!☺