173-quasar-xmas-dixon - This whimsical astronomical illustration depicts a festive Christmas scene enclosed within a transparent life-support dome on a frozen extraterrestrial world. Inside the dome, a decorated Christmas tree with glowing lights stands among evergreen conifers on a patch of illuminated grass, contrasted against the snow-covered, rocky terrain outside. The dark alien sky features two cratered moons and is dominated by a spectacular, active spiral galaxy with a brilliant, energetic quasar radiating prominent diffraction spikes at its core. acrylic and gouache, 1992
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