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Nebula Up-Close
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Published: 2014-09-28 09:31:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 69775; Favourites: 2186; Downloads: 1715
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This is my contribution to this year's Desktopography collection.You can download various different sizes of this wallpaper here: www.desktopography.net/exhibit…
As the title suggests the idea behind this work is to depict what it would be like to explore a nebula firsthand.
Nebulae can form for instance as remnants of supernovae and are known to be made up of various types of gas clouds. The nebula closest to Earth at the moment is the Orion nebula. But with more than a thousand lightyears distance to Earth it is very unlikely that we will ever be able to witness this spectacle of nature in this manner for ourselves. Unfortunately!
I thank wolfworx and dmaland for the excellent resources!
This is also included in my new Space Art calendar 2015, check it out
© Erik Schumacher
This is no stock image, so don't use, copy or manipulate the original artwork without my written permission.
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Comments: 272
Wonderful work Erik , so vibrant, I loved all the work and congratulations on the DD !!
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thank you man, glad you like it! It was a nice surprise
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Very good details and light! Well done!
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congrats for the daily 
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Thank you! WOW I didn't expect this at all when I opened dA today. 
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haha u deserve ^^ you are welcome
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Photomanipulation of the Week here .
and exposed on the front page of the group The-Imaginarium
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Thanks again mate, I really appreciate the feature!
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Great work !
I love the camera view here
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woow really amazing 
and congratulations
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thank you mate! To you as well
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thank you Dani, glad you like it!
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Absolutely gorgeous! Wow, man this is amazing!
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Wow, breathtaking, also kind of scary. Well done, you're a very talented person.
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you're not the first to say that it is scary, but why? 
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Np!
I think it has something to do with the proportions. If I was to imagine being there, the size of the asteroid (or whatever it's called) on the right is small enough to not feel as stable as a planet but HUGE enough to easily crush you even through the slightest shift. Imagine swimming at an extreme depth alone, and all of a sudden a gigantic whale approaches... Even from afar, I think most people would be terrified.
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haha yea, asteroids flying around is usally a problem for any nearby vehicle in space. 
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Well it's just not the asteroid, it's the size ratios that get frightening, in that proximity at least. You bring the picture to life so well that the fear is hinted at for real.
Have you never had that dream when you were young, entirely abstract - you go from something very large, something so extremely large that it engulfs you and everything, then shrinks again, smaller and smaller, until it becomes so infinitesimally small that you can't even fathom how small it is, until it starts to swell again... It's incredibly frightening. I know several people who have had the same kind of dream.
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I did actually, although I don't know why or understand how it can happen that several people have this kind of dream. Very interesting!
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It is extremely interesting. I've even heard people talk about it on the radio.
I did some light research into it, trying to find if there was some psychological common theme to it (such as the dream of flying and falling representing fear and lack of control, or teeth falling out representing feelings of power loss), but I couldn't. I have some other hypotheses though. It would be interesting to talk about it, tell me if you find more on the topic.
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Killer. The space clouds look great, and I must say that I really like the Archangel all lit up like that.
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glad you like it! I'm a big fan of your models
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wow .. I can not imagine seeing the nebulae so close ... but after seeing this ...great feeling!!!! 0,0
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This is just nice. Keep posting more of such nice pieces
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Wow! This is amazing. The lighting, contrast and even the angle are superb. Definite fav
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Thanks a lot for the nice comment!
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sci-fi is not really my favorite style,but this image...it's just spectacular.
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hehe thanks a lot mate, I appreciate it!
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Interesting!
There is a story with this wallpaper?
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The "story" is in the description, but everything else up to your imagination I guess!
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