First Light Machine

Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU/Cornell/Don Davis

A giant step
And a relished find
Reflects the casual touch
Of reflected time.

A grafted print
With a crafted shine
Is the refracted touch
Of the present mind.

Collaborative Art >>>

Credit: Allen Telescope Array/UC Berkeley

pinpoints
of touch
from the here
to the far
search for hidden
answers
in each bit
of each star.

Allen Telescope Array >>>

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration – Acknowledgment: J. Maíz Apellániz (Institute of Astrophysics of Andalucía, Spain)

Cycles of life
And circles of dust
Concurrently shrouded
By clumps of
Space rust.

Jewel Box >>>

Credit: NASA, ESA, M.J. Jee and H. Ford (Johns Hopkins University)

transient blues
and jazzy like dreams
surrender their rules
by dreaming their means.

Cluster Cl 0024+17 >>>

Credit: NASA/CXC/JPL-Caltech/CfA

A tale to tell
Of a marvelous well
Where wishes are whispered
And starlight’s the spell.

Corona Australis >>>

Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Slight of hand
Slight of light
Exposes the mysteries
Of a forever star night.

Cartwheel Galaxy >>>

Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Movements of vapor
From back end
To face
Reminds us that
Beauty
Is designed by
God’s grace.

Runaway >>>

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

varicose veins
of celestial terrains
focuses not on what’s making
a tectonic re-shaking
but a subtle window
into the soul
of the Martian plane.

Afternoon Sunlight >>>

Credit: NASA, The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), Y.-H. Chu (UIUC), S. Kulkarni (Caltech) and R. Rothschild (UCSD)

Reality travels
From the large
To the small
It dictates
Your courage
While hastening
Your fall.

Reality currents
Are one now
And for all
The signatures
Of gravity
Natures first
Program install.

Fireworks >>>

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ.of Arizona

Another world
Where none have seen
A telling picture
Of the Martian dream.

Another answer
From a starlight’s gleam
Is a heavenly flower
With its lifeless sheen.

Athabasca Valles >>>