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"Atoms synthesized in the interiors of stars are commonly returned to the interstellar gas… The atoms returned are, naturally, those most readily made in the thermonuclear reactions in stellar interiors:…. All the elements of the Earth except hydrogen and some helium have been cooked by a kind of stellar alchemy billions of years ago in stars, some of which are today inconspicuous white dwarfs on the other side of the Milky Way Galaxy. The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff."
From the moon to the earth… by Dmitry Maksimov (Диме Максимову) :: lookatme.ru
I’ll probably be posting more from him - great work: evocative and well-executed.
Another image that gets no tumblr link back for lack of crediting the artist. Tineye is a great tool for starting the search. If you like a piece of art, don’t you want to see what else the artist has done?