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B22 & IC 2087 - Flame in the Dark, Yizhou Zhang
B22 & IC 2087 - Flame in the Dark, Yizhou Zhang
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B22 & IC 2087 - Flame in the Dark

B22 & IC 2087 - Flame in the Dark, Yizhou Zhang
B22 & IC 2087 - Flame in the Dark, Yizhou Zhang
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B22 & IC 2087 - Flame in the Dark

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Barnard 22 and the nested reflection nebula IC 2087 are both part of the Taurus Molecular Cloud. IC 2087 resembles the shape of a small core of flame, seemingly lighting up the darker surroundings. This is an area with rich features, a lot is going on despite of the "darkness"; I love the dynamicity it brings visually.

I found it tricky to bring out the details & contrast of the main body while maintaining a reasonably dark background. I also saw different verions of color tones and I aimed for a orange-ish "burning tone" for this one. Also, I seem to noticed a few interesting small feature during processing, and I believe I identified them correctly in the annotated version.

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Description: Annotated with two small objects

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B22 & IC 2087 - Flame in the Dark, Yizhou Zhang

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