Yorimitsu Tries to Capture Hakamadare by Destroying His Magic by Utagawa Yoshitsuya (1858)
Mark Rothko, Red and Orange, 1955
Mercury’s Solar Transit : The planet Mercury is seen in silhouette, low center, as it transits across the face of the Sun, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. (via NASA)
Near the Center of the Lagoon Nebula : Stars are battling gas and dust in the Lagoon Nebula but the photographers are winning. Also known as M8, this photogenic nebula is visible even without binoculars towards the constellation of the Archer (Sagittarius). The energetic processes of star formation create not only the colors but the chaos. The glowing gas results from high-energy starlight striking interstellar hydrogen gas and trace amounts of sulfur, and oxygen gases. The dark dust filaments that lace M8 were created in the atmospheres of cool giant stars and in the debris from supernovae explosions. The light from M8 we see today left about 5,000 years ago. Light takes about 50 years to cross this section of M8. via NASA
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Mark Rothko
1903-1970
No. 9 (Dark over Light Earth/Violet and Yellow in Rose), 1954
oil on canvas
211.5 x 172.7 cm.MOCA
Mark Rothko
1903-1970
Untitled (Blue, Yellow, Green on Red), 1954
oil on canvas
197.5 x 166.4 cm .Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
The Bewitched Man
Francisco Goya
1798