'DISTANT REALM'

"Distant Realm"
©2009 Michael C. Turner ~ Acrylic on stretched canvas
Galactic Visions Space Art

An active quasar galaxy is viewed from a stellar system of a companion “colliding” galaxy. A giant terrestrial class planet and its dwarf lunar sibling orbit a yellow main sequence star in the foreground companion galaxy. Mammoth black holes are cloaked within the dense nucleus of both galaxies and are the galactic powerhouses controlling the fate of myriad star systems within the two. Within a mere few million years, relatively brief in cosmological time, the two galaxies will complete their galactic marriage waltz, vastly altering both or likely creating one super galaxy. Many stellar systems will be destroyed; some will be spared, while new ones will be created from this galactic encounter. Such events reveal that the cosmos is indeed wonderfully mysterious and, like the legendary Phoenix, is in a perpetual state of creation, destruction, and rebirth.

May All Your Visions Be Galactic Visions ~ Michael C. Turner