061-primordial-clouds-dixon – A wide telescopic view displays a massive emission nebula acting as a stellar nursery deep in interstellar space. Luminous pockets of ionized hydrogen gas glow with a deep crimson and reddish hue, energized by the intense ultraviolet radiation of embedded, freshly formed young stars. Bright blue-white stellar clusters puncture the dense gas formations, casting stark points of light across the complex, filamentary clouds of cosmic dust. acrylic and gouache on illustration board, 1976. © Don Dixon
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