Pondering Nebulous Mysteries Abstract Outer Space Artwork
by Omaste Witkowski
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Pondering Nebulous Mysteries Abstract Outer Space Artwork
Artist
Omaste Witkowski
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Photograph - Digital Photo.painting Composite Artwork
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Pondering Nebulous Mysteries Abstract Outer Space Artwork
by Omaste Witkowski.
Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words. ~Vladimir Nabokov
Pondering Nebulous Mysteries
Pondering the mysteries of the universe
brings about a new level of awareness
that gives rise to understanding
Nebulous creations are always near and far
directing our understanding is key
to a whole new reality
Enigmas are abstract representations and entice
new questions of reality as idea
forever within our grasp
This image started as a photograph of the Orion Nebula. I have modified it and created my own version of this outer space photograph.
"This dramatic image offers a peek inside a cavern of roiling dust and gas where thousands of stars are forming. The image, taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, represents the sharpest view ever taken of this region, called the Orion Nebula. More than 3,000 stars of various sizes appear in this image. Some of them have never been seen in visible light. These stars reside in a dramatic dust-and-gas landscape of plateaus, mountains, and valleys that are reminiscent of the Grand Canyon. The Orion Nebula is a picture book of star formation, from the massive, young stars that are shaping the nebula to the pillars of dense gas that may be the homes of budding stars. The bright central region is the home of the four heftiest stars in the nebula. The stars are called the Trapezium because they are arranged in a trapezoid pattern. Ultraviolet light unleashed by these stars is carving a cavity in the nebula and disrupting the growth of hundreds of smaller stars. Located near the Trapezium stars are stars still young enough to have disks of material encircling them. These disks are called protoplanetary disks or "proplyds" and are too small to see clearly in this image. The disks are the building blocks of solar systems. The bright glow at upper left is from M43, a small region being shaped by a massive, young star's ultraviolet light. Astronomers call the region a miniature Orion Nebula because only one star is sculpting the landscape. The Orion Nebula has four such stars. Next to M43 are dense, dark pillars of dust and gas that point toward the Trapezium. These pillars are resisting erosion from the Trapezium's intense ultraviolet light. The glowing region on the right reveals arcs and bubbles formed when stellar win
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