338-proto-planets-dixon –This intricate astronomical painting illustrates the chaotic early stages of planetary accretion within a young solar system. From a vantage point on a primitive, heavily cratered body, a dense field of rocky planetesimals and debris is seen colliding and orbiting within a vast circumstellar disk. In the background, a massive protostar radiates intense light, illuminating a developing protoplanet surrounded by its own concentric ring system as it clears its orbital path. acrylic and gouache, 1993
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