384-forming-solar-system-dixon – A dynamic panoramic overview of the primordial solar nebula illustrates multiple stages of early planetary development and cosmic activity. In the upper left, the young Sun bursts with violent T Tauri solar flares, casting energetic radiation across a sweeping, multi-hued accretion disc. To the right, a massive gas giant ringed with proto-planetary material begins to clear its orbital path, while chaotic fields of rocky planetesimals collide and fragment in the foreground against an atmospheric backdrop of glowing nebular gases and incoming icy comets. acrylic and gouache on illustration board, 18.5x13.5inches,1993; © Don Dixon
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