I really like how you did this one, great job! Good color choice and overall a well done image in my opinion. tigs=^..^=

Thank you Sandi, I'm glad you liked it. And thanks to the Kepler Space Telescope, we now know that just about every star in the sky has planets.
So just about anything goes, right?

My curiosity got the better of me..

Kepler and K2 Missons | NASA

... wonders never cease.

Which is my segue to..


This is a wondrous creation, Russ.

Love the composition, a strong element in and of itself.

And the (near) pinpoint flare up of the sun really adds to the sense of expansiveness and in turn, provides some nice depth to your image.

Great work.

And..

+favs for me.

And..

Thank you for sharing your talents with us.

I'm happy you enjoyed the view. And if you're impressed with Kepler, do a search on KIC 8462852. It's by far the most interesting star that the space telescope has observed.

And what blocks 20% of the light from a star that's even larger than our own? For days or weeks? And the entire star has been dimming continuously for at least a century too. That's never been seen before in a star this young.

If there isn't a huge construction project going on around KIC 8462852, then there's something orbiting it that dwarfs even gas giants like Jupiter. And the objects aren't round either, but they're far larger than a planet and yet don't have enough gravity to pull themselves into a sphere. They're probably just really big pieces of aluminum siding.

This is really lovely and I have it on my desktop :)

Thank you Lyn, that makes it all worthwhile. Everybody needs to step away from reality for awhile.

Spectacular colour, especially the way it explodes into pink.

Maybe you could write a novel with one of these scenes as inspiration -- if stepping away from reality adds to reality in some way, or improves it, it's a good thing to do.

Hope to see more of these some time soon. :-)