They must have had a red bias on the digital output to cause all those pink stars. Are those red stars in the pillars actually supposed to be in those gases/dust or are they shining through from behind?
I see a cat to the left of the brighter pink star, and a one-eyed demon looking up from under that star.
The third pillar looks like a dementor...
The stars are actually light years in front of the pillars....the sheer size of this is just mind boggling
The image was captured through 3 bandpass filters, Oiii (Oxygen 3), Ha (Hydrogen alpha) and Sii (Sulpher 2). The combination of these filters gives the light a pink hue. The stars superimposed on the dust columns are in the foreground.
This is made with what is called the Hubble color palette. None of the colors are true to nature. The colors were selected to make it easier for astronomers to interpret the image.