427-great-sky-river-dixon –The chandeliers - huge space habitats - were humanity's last refuge before destruction by the Mech civilization. A massive, multi-ringed orbital space station with a long central tower axis floats in deep space, suffering a bright orange and yellow explosion on its outermost ring. Below the damaged complex, a small crescent planet hangs suspended against a chaotic background dominated by an expansive, fiery spiral galaxy. The galactic core burns with intense orange, gold, and white light, while turbulent dust lanes and brilliant blue star-forming clusters swirl through the outer spiral arms. Cover for "Great Sky River" by Gregory Benford. Digital painting for Warner Books, 2004. © Don Dixon 2005.
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