Apollinaris Patera, An Ancient Shield Volcano On Mars, Rises About 3 Miles Into The Thin Atmosphere While

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Lynds Dark Nebula 1251 : Stars are forming in Lynds Dark Nebula (LDN) 1251. About 1,000 light-years away and drifting above the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, the dusty molecular cloud is part of a complex of dark nebulae mapped toward the Cepheus flare region. Across the spectrum, astronomical explorations of the obscuring interstellar clouds reveal energetic shocks and outflows associated with newborn stars, including the telltale reddish glow from scattered Herbig-Haro objects seen in this sharp image. Distant background galaxies also lurk on the scene, buried behind the dusty expanse. This alluring view imaged with a backyard telescope and broadband filters spans about two full moons on the sky, or 17 light-years at the estimated distance of LDN 1251. via NASA

Hubble Sees a Star Called HBC 672 and the Bat Shadow : A young star’s unseen, planet-forming disk casts a huge shadow across a more distant cloud in a star-forming region. (via NASA)

The Dark Seahorse in Cepheus : Light-years across, this suggestive shape known as the Seahorse Nebula appears in silhouette against a rich, luminous background of stars. Seen toward the royal northern constellation of Cepheus, the dusty, obscuring clouds are part of a Milky Way molecular cloud some 1,200 light-years distant. It is also listed as Barnard 150 (B150), one of 182 dark markings of the sky cataloged in the early 20th century by astronomer E. E. Barnard. Packs of low mass stars are forming within, but their collapsing cores are only visible at long infrared wavelengths. Still, the colorful stars of Cepheus add to this pretty, galactic skyscape. via NASA

Another beautiful space painting from my friend Steve R Dodd. ‘The Beacon’. Originally displayed in NASA’s 25th anniversary art show, Cleveland Museum of Natural History (1980s)

Approaching Innsbruck

JOHN BERKEY Unknown Acrylic/Casein 29.5″ x 21.625

JOHN BERKEY Unknown Casein/Acrylic

ArtStation - Halo Warfleet - book cover, by sparth .