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insomniasexx · 4050 days ago · link · · parent · post: Photo Challenge Day 5: Texture

Not mine, but it felt appropriate.

This detailed view shows the central parts of the nearby active galaxy NGC 1433. The dim blue background image, showing the central dust lanes of this galaxy, comes from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The coloured structures near the centre are from recent ALMA observations that have revealed a spiral shape, as well as an unexpected outflow, for the first time.

You don't typically think of space as having texture but this photo most certainly does. In design class we defined texture as something that makes the audience have a tactile experience. You can imagine touching it and it goes beyond a strictly visual sensory experience. This photo feels like an old blanket, or a very worn piece of parchment to me.

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