Detonate

August 12th, 2025 § 0 comments § permalink

Credit: ESO, P. Das et al.; Background stars (NASA/Hubble): K. Noll

Doubling the impact
Tripling its fate
Crashing through an echo
Releases power –
Of the kinetic state.

SNR 0509−67.5 >>

 

SaiTwo

July 12th, 2025 § 0 comments § permalink

Credit: M. Drechsler, Y. Sainty, A. Soto, N. Martino, L. Leroux-Gere, S. Khallouqui, & A. Kaeouach; Text: Ogetay Kayali (Michigan Tech U.)

Heavy cooling elements
True to their core
Ready for their remnants
Returned –
And restored.

Charybdis >>

 

doubleblade

May 29th, 2025 § 0 comments § permalink

Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage (STScI / AURA) /
Acknowledgment: D. Padgett (GSFC), T. Megeath (University of Toledo), B. Reipurth (University of Hawaii)

Opposite, attraction
Hidden, delay
Glow shock reaction
Of rotation –
Delay.

Herbig-Haro 24 >>

 

Syzygy

March 23rd, 2025 § 0 comments § permalink

Credit: Firefly Aerospace

Reversing, emergent
Breathing through
It’s conceal
An atmospheric, euphoria
Within a present –
Surreal.

Blue Ghost >>

 

Precession

January 2nd, 2025 § 0 comments § permalink

Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing: Alexander Reinartz

Sculpted and shackled
Writhing, shadows entwined
Each breath a battle
Against its binds

Desperate limbs
Dance in darkness
Searching for freedom
From the bonds they keep

Till finally breaking
Through tangles unfurled
A spirit emerges
New born, in the world.

NGC 4753 >>

 

Hat tip: Anthropic Claude

Dominous

August 31st, 2024 § 0 comments § permalink

Credit: Credit & Copyright: Mike Selby

Silhouette swivels
And dark cosmic clouds
Release ultraviolet whispers
A warning –
To its shroud.

Scorpious >>

 

Atheopia

June 16th, 2024 § 0 comments § permalink

Credit & Copyright: Imran Badr; Text: Natalia Lewandowska (SUNY Oswego)

Calm. Serene
The lion lay –
Waiting. Inside
Its solarized ray.

Tepid. Angry
With indifference razed –
Fierce. And challenged
And never fazed.

Cooley. Cautious
And deftly feared –
Almost silent
When its power reared.

Prepared. And ready
To encounter rage –
Enveloping everything
On its worldly stage.

Chepheus >>

 

Hat Tip: W. Hamilton – “On a Lion Enraged at Seeing a Lad in the Highland Dress”

Ruptured

May 25th, 2024 § 0 comments § permalink

Credit: CTIO, NOIRLab, DOE, NSF, AURA; Processing: T. A. Rector (U. Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), D. de Martin & M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab)

Creatures of fancy
Preachers of slight
Creep into consciousness
Deep –
Into night.

Chance Superposition >>

 

Arietis

April 20th, 2024 § 0 comments § permalink

Credit & Copyright: Dan Bartlett

Darkened skies
Shining through
Simply asking,
Who, are you?

Pons-Brooks >>

 

Dynamic

March 23rd, 2024 § 0 comments § permalink

Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Legacy Archive; Processing & Copyright: Rudy Pohl

Charging its way through
Is a not so subtle view
Staying true –
To its wonder
Of beauty
In you.

NGC 7714 >>

 

Where Am I?

You are currently browsing entries tagged with apod at First Light Machine.