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$Apophysis 3D fractal ball.jpg$

A tile ball created with the fractal art program Apophysis

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This animation explores the stages in the formation of stars and planets. Within a large, dense cloud, thousands of protostars collapse due to gravity. The infalling material forms a disk around the protostar, with jets emitted perpendicular to the disk. Planets condense and build up within the disk, establishing a new solar system. The James Webb Space Telescope infrared observations will peer into these dark clouds and dusty disks to examine this formation process with unprecedented clarity.

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Picture of the Year 2021

Saint John Church of Sohrol is a 5th or 6th century Armenian Catholic church in Sohrol, Shabestar, Iran.

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