"Dark Curtain" (1996) - The familiar Horsehead Nebula hangs like a menacing thunderhead over the shoreline of an alien planet. This fanciful scene borrows the Horsehead's appearance as seen in long-exposure photos taken through large telescopes. The backdrop of glowing hydrogen—depicted here bright enough to cast shadows—would actually be all but invisible, even from such a close vantage point. © Copyright 1996, J. Hervat

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