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This is a 100 LY wide landscape of dark towers/dust, on a glowing wall of gas on the surface of a molecular cloud.
The Orion Nebula - second pic. is of the large Trapezium stars, and the third shows the failed brown dwarf stars.
The Elephant's Trunk is about 20 LY's long. Its dark cosmic gasses contain the material needed to form new stars.