This is one of the commissions I’m most fond of. Funny how while working on it, at some point it felt like an irreparable piece of work. Goes to show you have to trust the process.
This is one of the commissions I’m most fond of. Funny how while working on it, at some point it felt like an irreparable piece of work. Goes to show you have to trust the process.
If we could see our galaxy, the Milky Way, from the outside, it would look like an enormous, bedazzled pinwheel. Vast sprays of stars form spiral arms that curl outward from a bright center that bulges like the yolk in a fried egg. Dark, dusty tendrils darken some regions, while glowing pink gas clouds light up others.
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We have a pretty good idea of the Milky Way’s overall structure, but since we’re nestled inside it, fine details are hard to see. Those clouds of gas and dust strewn throughout interstellar space block our view, especially of the far side of the galaxy. Astronomers have used observations from different telescopes to piece together our galaxy’s anatomy. Let’s scrub up and dive in!
If we could see our galaxy, the Milky Way, from the outside, it would look like an enormous, bedazzled pinwheel. Vast sprays of stars form spiral arms that curl outward from a bright center that bulges like the yolk in a fried egg. Dark, dusty tendrils darken some regions, while glowing pink gas clouds light up others.
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We have a pretty good idea of the Milky Way’s overall structure, but since we’re nestled inside it, fine details are hard to see. Those clouds of gas and dust strewn throughout interstellar space block our view, especially of the far side of the galaxy. Astronomers have used observations from different telescopes to piece together our galaxy’s anatomy. Let’s scrub up and dive in!
Today’s sea slug is Godiva quadricolor, commonly known as the four colour Nudibranch, with the Godiva genus presumably “dedicated to the English legend of Lady Godiva who rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080).” (https://opistobranquis.info/en/guia/nudibranchia/aeolidioidea/godiva-quadricolor/) Yes, someone seems to have dedicated a sea slug genus to that haha.
Today’s sea slug is Godiva quadricolor, commonly known as the four colour Nudibranch, with the Godiva genus presumably “dedicated to the English legend of Lady Godiva who rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080).” (https://opistobranquis.info/en/guia/nudibranchia/aeolidioidea/godiva-quadricolor/) Yes, someone seems to have dedicated a sea slug genus to that haha.
Today’s sea slug is Godiva quadricolor, commonly known as the four colour Nudibranch, with the Godiva genus presumably “dedicated to the English legend of Lady Godiva who rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080).” (https://opistobranquis.info/en/guia/nudibranchia/aeolidioidea/godiva-quadricolor/) Yes, someone seems to have dedicated a sea slug genus to that haha.
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