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A Flaming Star, a Couple of Tadpoles, a Spider, a Fly, a Starfish, and a Gripping Hand Walk Into a Bar, Timothy Martin
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A Flaming Star, a Couple of Tadpoles, a Spider, a Fly, a Starfish, and a Gripping Hand Walk Into a Bar

A Flaming Star, a Couple of Tadpoles, a Spider, a Fly, a Starfish, and a Gripping Hand Walk Into a Bar, Timothy Martin
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A Flaming Star, a Couple of Tadpoles, a Spider, a Fly, a Starfish, and a Gripping Hand Walk Into a Bar

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The bartender asks, "Why the weird face?" 

I loved this framing when I saw it. It looks like the visage of the bass player for Babymetal or an alien from an early Trek episode. But aside from that, there are so many interesting objects in this field. I gave the claw-looking thing in the lower portion near the Spider the name "The Gripping Hand" after the name of Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's followup to the excellent novel The Mote in God's Eye. It really resembles the large asymmetrical appendage the Moties possess.

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This was Picture of the Day on October 25, 2022 on AAPOD2

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A Flaming Star, a Couple of Tadpoles, a Spider, a Fly, a Starfish, and a Gripping Hand Walk Into a Bar, Timothy Martin

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