First Light Machine

Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler, Roberto Colombari, Digitized Sky Survey (POSS II)

twilight of milky sky’s,
after massive stars, in spark
may ever after sadness say farewell
as I depart
for throughout time and fractured space
the epic battles bear me far
I pray to see my masters face
as I depart for yonder bar.

Vela Supernova Remnant >>

 

Hat Tip: Alfred Lord Tenneyson – “Crossing the Bar”

Credit & Copyright: Digitized Sky Survey (POSS II); Processing: Utkarsh Mishra

O reflection,
The great purple witch rides this night
Untrusting, through prow or strength
Without safety of flight
For by glance, by wicked snare
Lies the darkend smile, of Rigel’s glare.

Cosmic crone >>

 

Hat Tip: James Weldon Johnson “The White Witch”

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

The darkness, of white
Tops sheathed, in black bright
Streak –
Through the shadows, to break free
And take flight.

Credit & Copyright: Maicon Germiniani

I am energies
For the void, not yet formed
Through degenerate emission

We have built a jewel
A monument of color
Facing a blackness, forever tomb

So I call these filaments
A mark of remembrance
Where the unfaithful,

Watch the redHa shine
Broken – into newborn life
In the memory, of death.

Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh

A single point of motion
From a helium fusion shield
Is the answer, in a question
From its complex –
Radiant field.

Credit: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team, (STScI/AURA)

Mythical mysteries
Of confounding,
Dark scales

Strikes through
Its long history
Through compounding, contrails.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

Vapors of dioxide
Released through splice
Reveal –
Their residual
In resplendent, dark ice.