The central area of M16 - the Eagle nebula, and the famous Hubble's "pillars of creation" . One of the most imaged areas in the Northern summer sky, M16 is an active area of star formation. The pillars are clouds of hydrogen and dust, serving as stellar incubators. According to observations from the Spitzer IR telescope, a supernova remnant exploded and disturbed the pillars area 8-9000 years ago. That is about how far the object is in light-years, but the supernova shockwave