Colorful Clouds Of Carina . ... Credit: Hubble Heritage Team ( AURA / STScI / NASA ) Explanation: Tumultuous clouds of the Carina Nebula , 8000 light-years away, glow in planet Earth's southern sky . Striking and detailed, this close-up of a portion of the famous nebula is a combination of exposures through six different filters taken with the Hubble Space Telescope 's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in April of 1999. ... But how were this picture's colors generated ? ... NASA Official: Jay Norris. ...