| Pillars of Creation -M16 Eagle Nebula is the birth of stars. Hubble Space Telescope in 1995 shows evaporating gaseous globules (EGGs) emerging from pillars of molecular hydrogen gas and dust. The giant pillars are light years in length and are so dense that interior gas contracts gravitationally to form stars. At each pillars' end, the intense radiation of bright young stars causes low density material to boil away, leaving stellar nurseries of dense EGGs exposed. The Eagle Nebula, associated with the open star cluster M16, lies about 7000 light years away. Second in a series of 4 "Universe" Embellished Fabric Collages. Sky Lab Images gave permission to use their photographs as the "inspiration". After completing some small acrylic studies I chose many fabrics, guided by the Pillars image; After backing all the fabric with Steam-A-Seam glue; I did some painting of the gaseous portions before laying fabric on the substrate. Then more embellishing including the words embroidered, with Glow-In-The-Dark thread. It is hard for most of us to imagine just how small earth and the 6,816,000,000 people currently on it are compared to the size of the universe. |
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