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zenith

@comethedawn.bsky.social

#oc

January 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM

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zenith

@comethedawn.bsky.social

#oc

January 14, 2026 at 8:19 PM

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Chara

@astrochara.bsky.social

The Blue Marble

#ACelestialJournal #art #gijinka #astronomy #space #SolarSystem #planet #Terra #Earth

This artwork depicts a personification of Earth (Terra), as imaged by Apollo 17 in the famous "Blue Marble" photo. Terra looks pensive in this image.

December 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM

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triple cheeseburger

@triplchii.bsky.social

fusion rocket gijinkas
#art

Digital illustration depicting various conceptual designs for fusion-powered spacecraft, but as girls. From left to right there's: Firefly, the Bussard ramjet, Discovery II, Project Daedalus, and VISTA. The text above each reference image reads, from left to right, as: "Firefly Starship, Icarus Interstellar, 2013", "Bussard ramjet, Robert W. Bussard, 1960 (though this particular render is from NASA, 2004)", "Discovery II, NASA, 2005", "Project Daedalus, British Interplanetary Society, 1973", "VISTA, LLNL, 2003".

December 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM

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Chara

@astrochara.bsky.social

The Inner Planets: Mercury, Venus, Terra, Luna, and Mars.

#astronomy #space #personification #gijinka #SolarSystem #planet #planets

The image shows the personified inner planets standing together, looking in the same direction.

April 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM

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triple cheeseburger

@triplchii.bsky.social

A world where the Sun has stopped existing due to extraterrestrial intervention.
#art

In the middle of the illustration is a woman dressed in wintery clothing, above her head is some text pointing to her that reads "Marsh, 40 years old, works at the surface observatory array". To the right of her is another drawing of her, this time smiling while holding a can of beer, saying "Let's share a beer and convert raw telescope data into pretty pictures."

To the right is a large column of text that unfortunately doesn't fit in the character limit for this. The column is titled "The Sun". At the top is an image of some stars against the dark background of space, at the bottom is a slightly fuzzy illustration of a space probe against the background of stars.

To the left is another large column of text titled "The Earth", at the bottom is a speech bubble coming from the girl mentioned earlier.

In the background is a drawing of the Earth, completely frozen over and airless. The vague outline of landmasses is visible in the shapes of the ice.

May 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM

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Mac Themes Garden

@macthemes.garden

Aluminum Alloy - Max Rudberg

A preview of the Mac theme "Aluminum Alloy" by "Max Rudberg"

March 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM

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triple cheeseburger

@triplchii.bsky.social

Just before leaving

#art

Watercolour illustrations split into two panels. In the first image a countryside environment is shown, featuring a hill with some trees on it, and a forking dirt path. The grass in both drawings is a striking red colour, while the sky is open and blue. A woman with pink hair, dressed in a yellow shirt and jeans, is seen walking down one of the paths.

In the second drawing we see that same woman sat overlooking the sea, the rolling red hills stretching into the distance. She's partially shaded by an overhead tree. In the background, a thin spindly white structure is seen arcing into the heavens.

Text in the middle reads: "08 03 2656 - Today I visited that spot outside town where you can get a really good view of Lofstrom West 03. I figured it'd be nice to come here one last time. It's exciting to think that in only a couple day's time we'll take a trip up that shimmering white trail, up above the clouds and over the horizon. Likely never to return."

March 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM

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kerbo

@kerbo.bsky.social

Sunset cycle in a residential habitat 4 of the Ensign cluster. photograph taken from the south end of the cylinder

February 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM

franz ✨

@frandszk.bsky.social

patriarch's hope #bookfanart #bookart #fanart #art

March 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM

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nauma

@naumin.bsky.social

ehm soz reupload cuz i fixed a few things here's my huran enki primer #huranenki #myprojects

Huran Enki Part I. An epic set on the ancient steppe. The rise of the Huran Empire, warmongering nomads of the grasslands.
Collage of images of all the main characters. Ceyris, elder princess and embarrassing failure. On a mission to prove herself by conquering the western kingdom of Munazariya. Canther, Empress' favourite, dragon-blessed and keeper of his sister. Diadus, beloved companion of Canther and political prisoner of the Empire. Kingdom side: Isa, smart, sensitive, traitor prince in collusion with Ceyris. Imtiyaz, troublemaker. Prya, dragon priestess of the Empire and aide to Prince Isa.

February 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM

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Michael Whelan

@michaelwhelan.bsky.social

THE FURNACE LANDS (1992)
Acrylic on Canvas - 48" x 36"

While the red tones of the prompt reminded me of the Crimson King, I resisted the too familiar pull of the character from the Dark Tower. 1/3

Standing on a ledge in the immediate foreground right, a man in long coat and fluttering scarf stares at a tall structure rising against red tinted clouds. The tower is an abstraction of engineering more complete at the top with sporadic plates of white on the face and twin booms projecting right. The motley tower stands on two legs of metal with beams twisting up and around. A line of burning orange sunset breaks through the ominous cloud cover low in the sky. Another gap above reveals a patch of pale blue sky. A pair of parallel red lines project from the ledge into the open air. They suggest rails curving around a bend as they thread into the open center of the structure. Wind carries smoke white transforming to black as it sweeps upward.

February 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM

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SF Encyclopedia

@sfencyclopedia.bsky.social

Iain M Banks sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/banks_... as born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: [couldn't identify], Manchu, Mark Salwowski and Manchu). The 3rd is Mark Salwowski's artwork for "Feersum Endjinn":

February 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM

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triple cheeseburger

@triplchii.bsky.social

Map of the Earth in the year 2656

February 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM

franz ✨

@frandszk.bsky.social

do you think i could ever forget? #art #bookfanart

February 17, 2025 at 3:57 AM

franz ✨

@frandszk.bsky.social

psalm 63 #oc #art

February 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM

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Chara

@astrochara.bsky.social

Ran #EpsilonEridani 's favourite planet, Ægir features all the hallmarks of a young jovian: thick cloak of haze, unkempt magnetic field that caused pink aurorae to spring up everywhere, and an active atmosphere driven by strong internal heat and sheer passion.

#astronomy #space #planet #gijinka