Images of VV 114 and the JWST spectrum of SW-s2. Panels a and b: ALMA maps of CO (3 − 2) (moment 0) and the 345 GHz continuum of the VV 114 system as observed with ALMA. The green box in both panels indicates the nuclear region of VV 114 E mapped in the middle panels. Panels c–f: JWST NIRCam F200W, MIRI F560W, F770W, and F1500 images of the VV 114 E nucleus. Overlaid in panels d and f are the contours of CO (3 − 2) and 345 GHz continuum, respectively. The ALMA beam (0.16″ × 0.14″) is shown in panel d. The 33 GHz continuum sources (Song et al. 2022) are indicated with crosses and labeled in panel e, where we also label the main mid-IR peaks (NE, SW-s1, and SW-s2). The magenta circle, coincident with SW-s2 and 33 GHz source #3, indicates the position where the extreme excitation of CO and H₂O is found. Panel g: The near- and mid-IR spectrum extracted from SW-s2. The extent of the CO and H₂O bands, and of the NIRSpec gratings and MIRI/MRS channels, are indicated. The solid curves show a model for the continuum, including the PAHs (orange) and three blackbody sources with temperatures 1360 (brown), 550 (light-blue), and 230 K (gray); red is total. The light-blue component, dominating the continuum associated with the molecular bands, is attenuated by foreground material with (see text). The dashed lines indicate the continuum covered by CO and H₂O in the hot (H_C, in blue), the warm (W_C, in green), and the sum of both (in red), as predicted by the fiducial model for the bands.