286-crashlander-dixon – This dramatic science fiction illustration centers on a pilot inside the transparent bubble canopy of a spacecraft cockpit, observing a cataclysmic cosmic event. In the background, a massive, swirling accretion disk of a supermassive black hole or active galactic nucleus glows intensely with golden, orange, and magenta hues. A powerful relativistic jet of high-energy particles erupts vertically from the core of the spiral structure, illuminating the surrounding interstellar gas clouds and starfields. Cover painting for Larry Niven novel about a journey to the galactic core. acrylic and gouache on Lintex board, 1994.
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