Astral Pearl

A partial view of the 2024 <n>Total Solar Eclipse</n>. Photo by <n>Katie Myers</n> for <n>Atmos</n>.

A photograph by <n>Heather Busch</n> from the 1994 book <n>Why Cats Paint</n>, co-authored with <n>Burton Silver</n>.

A still from the 2009 film <n>A Serious Man</n>, directed by <n>Joel and Ethan Coen</n>.

A scene from the anime series <n>Bakemonogatari</n>.

A diagram of <n>The Cube-Sphere</n> concept by artist and philosopher <n>Walter Russell</n>.

Motion graphic <n>Vortex</n> by artist <n>30000fps</n>.

An animated graphic titled <n>Moon Phases in Astrology | pt. I</n>.

The <n>Sombrero Galaxy</n>, also known as <n>M104</n> or <n>NGC 4594</n>.

A bamboo mobile sculpture from the <n>Defying Gravity</n> series by artist <n>Laurent Martin-Lo</n>.

<n>Flower of life sacred geometry</n> by <n>Elfina</n>.

<n>The Passage of the Hours</n> (ca. 1908) by <n>Edwin Austin Abbey</n>, a study for a mural at the <n>Pennsylvania State Capitol</n>.

A print from the <n>Seven Aquatints</n> portfolio (1972) by artist <n>Robert Ryman</n>.

A colorful arrangement of mushrooms photographed by <n>Дарья</n>.

A 2022 image of the planet <n>Uranus</n> captured by the <n>Hubble Space Telescope</n>.

<n>Head of a man in profile, with a study of a logarithmic spiral</n> (1528) by <n>Albrecht Dürer</n>.

An illustration from <n>Thomas Wright</n>'s 1750 book, <n>An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe</n>.

<n>Voyager</n>, a screen print by artist <n>Justin Van Genderen</n> from his <n>Heavenly Spheres</n> series.

<n>982, from Nakazora</n> (2002) by artist <n>Yamamoto Masao</n>.

A composite image of the spiral galaxy <n>Messier 81</n> from three <n>NASA</n> space telescopes.

<n>No. 14 (White and Greens in Blue)</n> by <n>Mark Rothko</n>.