Pillars of Creation

Evidence & model coverage

1,040,838 web triangles; 1 supplied geometry groups before runtime flattening. Generic mesh chunks are not physical components. Heavy geometry: explicit loading is recommended on a recent desktop. Mobile speed and frame rate are not certified. Exact full STL linked by the creator project; project-specific copyright policy reviewed in browser. No endorsement by NASA, STScI or their employees is implied.

Changes: STL axis converted Z-up to Y-up where applicable; neutral display material for untextured geometry; textures capped 512px; Draco encoded. No geometric simplification.

Credit: NASA / STScI / Ralf Crawford / Leah Hustak. Pillars of Creation. https://www.universe-of-learning.org/contents/products/pillars-of-creation-3d-model. NASA UoL / STScI project public-domain reuse policy. Geometry and embedded supplied textures from the same downloaded package; no outside photographs imported.

Original model and provenance · NASA UoL / STScI project public-domain reuse policy · Subject information · Download adapted GLB

Display size is normalized, not a measurement tool. Hidden interiors and unmodeled mechanisms are not inferred.

{
  "sourceDownloadURL": "https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01HZ7NPAH73C19RNBBEAHDN01F.stl",
  "textures": [],
  "estimatedTextureRGBABytes": 0,
  "bytes": 52041984,
  "sha256": "d6c9f77a9b5f9a9c7c60a1f8ed7d2dc875d70ba205ae4896bad4f98da594f522",
  "triangles": 1040838,
  "webBytes": 4313548,
  "webSha256": "854aaa31238d081e3fddf4bc1d0ec63ad0630f2d5538d7f03c78269633592461",
  "webMeshes": 1,
  "sourceTriangles": 1040838,
  "sourceGroups": [
    "Supplied continuous STL surface"
  ],
  "sourceLicense": "NASA UoL / STScI project public-domain reuse policy"
}