Irresistible Oblivion by corleonis

Mixed Medium • Space • posted on Apr 11, 2011

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Description

Black holes are known as voracious eaters, caring nothing for whatever is swallowed by their gravity's appetite. This example shows a low mass X-ray binary system which consists of a class K star and a black hole, orbiting near enough to each other that the black hole is able to pull away the outer layers of the star, forming an accretion disk of superheated gas. The sole remaining planet will be tortured by gravity until it is finally torn to pieces. The star will eventually be devoured in a burst of searing radiation which bathes everything within several hundred lightyears. Neither the star nor its orbiting planet have long to live, eventually they will both succumb to the irresistible oblivion that awaits. This was inspired heavily by Mark Garlick http://www.markgarlick.com/ http://www.space-art.co.uk/index.php Thanks for viewing! Comments, critiques and faves are all appreciated :)

Comments (16)

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Odessey

6:21PM | Mon, 11 April 2011

Awesomeness ! Yes the " A " word......

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zhaanman

6:29PM | Mon, 11 April 2011

Out-Standing showcase of Beauty and power on a cosmic scale Beautifully captured here by your skill and imagination Love it!

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Bossie_Boots

6:39PM | Mon, 11 April 2011

WOW incredible !!

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NefariousDrO

6:53PM | Mon, 11 April 2011

Wow is right! Really stunning work here.

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geirla

8:32PM | Mon, 11 April 2011

Fantastic art! Great colors!

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ia-du-lin

1:59AM | Tue, 12 April 2011

fantastic cosmic art image

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rogue29730

6:03AM | Tue, 12 April 2011

Awesome scene !

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Rhanagaz

7:25AM | Tue, 12 April 2011

Excellent image of this violent event in deep space! ;o)

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SirJohn

7:39AM | Tue, 12 April 2011

Fantastic image my friend... thank you for sharing with us.

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thecytron

8:43AM | Tue, 12 April 2011

Awesome rendering work!

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fallen21

8:59AM | Tue, 12 April 2011

Superb image!

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Pewter7

2:42PM | Tue, 12 April 2011

Wow! Impressive scene, fantastical and beautifully composed! 10+

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tse60

7:28AM | Mon, 18 April 2011

Very nice "cooperation" of the colors ;)

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Bambam131

10:07PM | Mon, 18 April 2011

This is an amazing image in so many ways, you have done an excellent job in trying to depict something that is very difficult to try to give a visual representation of to begin with. I think that Mark would be very impressed with your picture, excellent in all respects!!! All the best, David Robinson Artist member IAAA

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