Dream Poetry Visions
Dream Poetry Visions
cosmicforestpeople:

By Eric Carson

cosmicforestpeople:

By Eric Carson

The surface of the earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. … Recently, we’ve managed to wade a little way out, maybe ankle-deep, and the water seems inviting.
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990 Update), The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean [Episode 1]


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The surface of the earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. … Recently, we’ve managed to wade a little way out, maybe ankle-deep, and the water seems inviting.

- Carl Sagan, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990 Update), The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean [Episode 1]


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psychedelicmandala:

Shapley 1: An Annular Planetary Nebula Image Credit: ESO
Explanation: What happens when a star runs out of nuclear fuel? For stars about the mass of our Sun, the center condenses into a white dwarf while the outer atmospheric layers are expelled into space and appear as a planetary nebula. This particular planetary nebula, pictured above and designated Shapley 1 after the famous astronomer Harlow Shapley, has a very apparent annular ring like structure. Although some of these nebulas appear like planets on the sky (hence their name), they actually surround stars far outside our Solar System.

psychedelicmandala:

Shapley 1: An Annular Planetary Nebula 
Image Credit: ESO

Explanation: What happens when a star runs out of nuclear fuel? For stars about the mass of our Sun, the center condenses into a white dwarf while the outer atmospheric layers are expelled into space and appear as a planetary nebula. This particular planetary nebula, pictured above and designated Shapley 1 after the famous astronomer Harlow Shapley, has a very apparent annular ring like structure. Although some of these nebulas appear like planets on the sky (hence their name), they actually surround stars far outside our Solar System.

Hitch your wagon to a star.
Ralph Waldo Emerson