  Massive protostars dramatically influence their surroundings via
accretion-induced outflows and intense radiation fields. They evolve rapidly,
the disk and infalling envelope being evaporated and dissipated in $\sim$
10$^5$ years. Consequently, they are very rare and investigating this important
phase of early stellar evolution is extremely difficult. Here we present the
discovery of a key transient phase in the emergence of a massive young star, in
which ultraviolet radiation from the new-born giant has just punctured through
its natal core. The massive young stellar object AFGL 961 II is readily
resolved in the near infrared. Its morphology closely resembles a cat's eye and
is here dubbed as the Rosette Eye. Emerging ionized flows blow out an hourglass
shaped nebula, which, along with the existence of strong near-infrared excess,
suggests the existence of an accretion disk in the perpendicular direction. The
lobes of the hourglass, however, are capped with arcs of static H$_{2}$
emission produced by fluorescence. This study has strong implications for our
understanding of how massive stars embark on their formation.
