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by Peter Kennett
$38.00
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Challenge your brain with a jigsaw puzzle designed by an independent artist! Our puzzles are made from premium 0.2" thick paper stock and include a semi-gloss coating on the top surface to make the image pop. Puzzles are available in two different sizes, and each puzzle includes a puzzle box with the artwork printed on the top for safe storage when you're not puzzling. The puzzle pieces are unique shapes.
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These towering tendrils of cosmic dust and gas sit at the heart of the Eagle Nebula, located in the constellation Serpens. The aptly named Pillars of... more
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Store the puzzle in the provided box at room temperature with low humidity.
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These towering tendrils of cosmic dust and gas sit at the heart of the Eagle Nebula, located in the constellation Serpens. The aptly named Pillars of Creation, featured in this image are part of an active star-forming region within the nebula and hide newborn stars in their wispy columns.
The blue colors in the image represent oxygen, red is sulfur, and green represents both nitrogen and hydrogen. The pillars are bathed in the scorching ultraviolet light from a cluster of young stars and their winds (outward expansion of plasma) are slowly eroding the towers of gas and dust, a process that will take 100,000 years.
Scattered within this image are a few isolated and relatively small coal black nebulae, called Bok Globules. These contain dense cosmic dust and gas from which star formation may take place. Bok globules have a mass of about 2 to 50 solar masses contained within a region about a light year or so across. They contain molecular hydrogen (H2), carbon oxides and hel...
Peter enjoys finding new places to explore and to capturing both the beauty and the feeling of the places he explores. His art has graced the halls of American Embassies around the world, airports and businesses. He continues to travel the world with his very patient wife Megan at his side.
$38.00
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