Twistin by the Lagoon . ... Credit Copyright: A. Caulet ( ST-ECF , ESA ), NASA Explanation: The awesome spectacle of starbirth produces extreme stellar winds and intense energetic starlight -- bombarding dusty molecular clouds inside the Lagoon Nebula ( M8 ). At least two long funnel shaped clouds , each roughly half a light-year long, have apparently been formed by this activity. ... Are these interstellar funnel clouds actually swirling, twisting analogs to Earthly tornados? ...