Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  57 Cyg  ·  B355  ·  NGC 6997  ·  Sh2-117  ·  The star 57Cyg
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The top of the Rift, Rodd Dryfoos
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The top of the Rift

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The top of the Rift

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A crop of a fascinating realm of fantasy, with every creature imaginable morphing in and out of existence--like quantum foam. Often depicted as blacker than the deepest space--seemingly a hole in the surrounding nebulae, this large dust lane is revealed as the obscuring feature it is, not the vacant space it tricks your eyes into seeing. I have bumped up the saturation a bit to emphasize the structure. I like the smoldering look. It suggests that the dust is reddish in nature (SII actually), for I did not create new color--just bumped up what was there. I would be very interested in revisiting this region with more aperture and higher resolution. I am sure the dust region is loaded with fine detail that I was not able to pick up. I don't remember using THAT much noise suppression, so I don't think its that.

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Description: Crop3a: more realism

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The top of the Rift, Rodd Dryfoos

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