Eta Carinae - Dawn of a Supernova by Rich2
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Another science factual / fanciful tidbit from my imagination. The background is taken from a Hubble Telescope image of the giant binary star Eta Carina, which lies 7,000 – 8,000 light years distant from us. The two balloon-shaped lobes are expelled matter probably coming from its greatest outburst that was seen in 1843. This hypothetical view would be from a world several hundred light years distant from the dying star. In a million years or so, Eta Carinae will go supernova and become the brightest object in Earth skies, with the exception to our Sun. The gamma ray burst from the explosion could have a profound effect here on Earth.
Comments (13)
mermaid
very nice and well done render!
scifire
Very nice!
LindaMcC
Fantasmic, Rich!
KnightWolverine
Fantastic Sci-Fi Landscape and Scene!! -Will-
peedy
Fantastic scene and lighting! Great terrain. Corrie
faroutsider
Hide! Now! Great view, but dangerous...
masonspappy
Looks like a very inhospitable place
WeeLaddie
Thanks for the heads up, Rich; got a space cleared under the kitchen table, pacifier and paper bag at hand. The background works well with the desaturated terrain.
claudia02
Klasse Arbeit ! Ja ! Der Gammastrahlen Regen könnte hier auf der Erde verheehrende Folgen haben. Sie haben eine gute vorstellungskraft wie meine.
choronr
This is fantastic; I've looked at this image for a long time and must say - you've outdone yourself.
prutzworks
cool render & starfield
inkydigit
excellent space scene, and additional info!
azrabella
Don't wanna be there when that fucker blows...