This photogenic storm tracked over the Nebraska panhandle while producing baseball size hail and frequent lightning. Timelapse was created with a series of 8k still images.
it looks like an ancient rune activating its magic
Wouldn’t that be fantastic though? A cyberpunk story that deals with ancient magic that HAD gotten out but- ah- we were smart- we sealed it better. We put it in a CD. CD’s are outdated- nobody could ever release the monster.
A star approaching too close to a massive black hole is torn apart by tidal forces, as shown in this artist’s rendering. Filaments containing much of the star’s mass fall toward the black hole. Eventually these gaseous filaments merge into a smooth, hot disc glowing brightly in X-rays. As the disk forms, it’s central region heats up tremendously, which drives a flow of material, called a wind, away from the disk.
The first time he sees her, he just glances at her, really.
He thinks, later, that the moment should have had more—emphasis, somehow, should have paused and slowed and spun out like something made of honey or molten glass.
(gravitational time dilation; time slowing down near massive things due to the strength of their gravitational fields, and if there’s ever an event that should have warped Megamind’s personal perception of the fabric of spacetime, it’s his first sight of Roxanne Ritchi.)
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