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Emil Nolde Red/yellow evening sky I, two steamships, 1946 Watercolor and opaque colors on Japanese laid paper

Drain the pool, Andrés Gallardo Albajar

The surface of the asteroid Ryugu taken by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa-2

Photograph by Daryl Pastore

Moebius

"What's cooking on Io? This active moon of Jupiter is marked with volcanoes spewing lava that is hotter than any lava on Earth. Above is a high resolution colour-enhanced image composed of the most active surface in our Solar System. Features as small as three kilometers are visible. Sulfur compounds cause many of Io's unusual colours, while darker regions are likely composed of silicate rock."

Farscape (1999)

Cowboy Bebop TV Series (1998)

Midnight (for Odesza 2022)

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Credits: Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA, Donald Waid

Of the more than 9 billion metric tons of plastic that’s been produced, a mere 9% has been recycled. About 12% has been incinerated, and the remainder is just out there–in our homes, our landfills, and, unfortunately, in our oceans. (Image credit: iStock/dottedhippo; via Eos)

A supercell thunderstorm in New Mexico appears almost otherworldly in this photo from Dennis Hualong Zhang.  (Image credit: D. Zhang; via ILPOTY)