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Sun over dying Earth, artwork
Sun over dying Earth. Computer artwork of the Sun, around 5 billion years in the future, heating a dying Earth. The oceans have evaporated, leaving salt-encrusted rocks. The Moon is seen passing in front of the massively-swollen Sun. This stage of the Suns life, known as its red giant stage, will begin when the Sun exhausts the hydrogen fuel in its core. It will then begin burning hydrogen in a shell surrounding the core, and this will cause the Sun to expand. The expanding Sun will engulf the inner planets, and possibly the Earth. If the Earth survives this stage of the death of the Sun, it will freeze as the Sun collapses into a white dwarf star
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This artwork titled "Sun over dying Earth" offers a glimpse into the far future, around 5 billion years from now. The image portrays a haunting scene where the Sun, in its red giant stage, looms massively swollen and intensely hot. As it exhausts its hydrogen fuel, the Sun expands and engulfs the inner planets of our solar system. In this desolate landscape, we witness a barren Earth with evaporated oceans replaced by salt-encrusted rocks. The Moon passes before the scorching Sun as it continues its inevitable journey towards collapse. This mesmerizing illustration serves as a stark reminder of our planet's fate if it survives this catastrophic event - freezing amidst the remnants of an extinguished star that transforms into a white dwarf. The combination of science and art in this print invites contemplation on astrophysics and planetary science while evoking feelings of awe and insignificance in face of cosmic forces at play. It prompts us to reflect on geologic time scales and ponder humanity's place within an ever-changing universe. Created by Science Photo Library, this thought-provoking piece captures both scientific accuracy and artistic imagination. It serves as a testament to human curiosity about our own existence while reminding us that even celestial bodies are subject to their own life cycles – an eternal dance between creation, destruction, and transformation.
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