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Great maelstrom's form from the birthing of stars.
Far past the Moon, and even further than Mars.
Out where the farthest reaches of space are.
The universe is what we are.
Each blazing pinprick of stellar light,
most of which we can't see in the darkest night,
represents both entropy and a cosmic fight
to exist and persist against its might.
Time and space work in synergy with matter.
Energy atomic causes its elements to scatter
then crash together in a silent clatter
forming strange wonders from a universe of tatters.
We humans, small though we might always be,
exist in a universe that is so lonely.
Yet it like us has its own inherent beauty.
So lonely, so beautiful when seen in cosmic relief.
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Great maelstrom's form from the birthing of stars.
Far past the Moon, and even further than Mars.
Out where the farthest reaches of space are.
The universe is what we are.
Each blazing pinprick of stellar light,
most of which we can't see in the darkest night,
represents both entropy and a cosmic fight
to exist and persist against its might.
Time and space work in synergy with matter.
Energy atomic causes its elements to scatter
then crash together in a silent clatter
forming strange wonders from a universe of tatters.
We humans, small though we might always be,
exist in a universe that is so lonely.
Yet it like us has its own inherent beauty.
So lonely, so beautiful when seen in cosmic relief.
"What a stellar view 🌟
Located in the Milky Way about 5,900 light-years from Earth, this star nursery hosts a star about 30x the mass of our Sun (and still forming)!
Observations from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 make up this image of star-forming region IRAS 16562-3959. The image’s detailed nuance of color is the result of four separate filters. These thin slivers of highly specialized material can slide in front of the instrument’s light sensors, allowing very specific wavelengths of light to pass through with each observation. This is useful because certain wavelengths of light can tell us about the region’s composition, temperature, and density.
Multi-wavelength images like this help us gain a better understanding of how the most massive, brightest stars in our galaxy form.
Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/3wmdgIh"
Photo & descriptive text courtesy NASA
Located in the Milky Way about 5,900 light-years from Earth, this star nursery hosts a star about 30x the mass of our Sun (and still forming)!
Observations from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 make up this image of star-forming region IRAS 16562-3959. The image’s detailed nuance of color is the result of four separate filters. These thin slivers of highly specialized material can slide in front of the instrument’s light sensors, allowing very specific wavelengths of light to pass through with each observation. This is useful because certain wavelengths of light can tell us about the region’s composition, temperature, and density.
Multi-wavelength images like this help us gain a better understanding of how the most massive, brightest stars in our galaxy form.
Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/3wmdgIh"
Photo & descriptive text courtesy NASA
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Reminds me of some old Joni Mitchell lyrics:
"We are stardust...
(billion-year-old carbon)
We are golden.
(caught in the Devil's Bargain)
And we've got to get ourselves
back to the garden..."
"We are stardust...
(billion-year-old carbon)
We are golden.
(caught in the Devil's Bargain)
And we've got to get ourselves
back to the garden..."
I have lots of space-related poetry. Tributes to Mars rovers, poems about nebula...I've been a sci-fi fan since I was a kid so that kind of stuff inspires me a lot. :)
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