Merry Christmas and JWSTversarry!
These are my artworks on the launch day.

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According to the Constellation Guide, IC1396A, the Elephant Trunk Nebula, is a dense region of dust and gas found within the considerably larger star forming region IC 1396 in Cepheus constellation.

The elongated globule of dust and gas was named the Elephant’s Trunk because it resembles an elephant’s head and trunk at visible wavelengths, appearing as a dark patch with a bright winding rim. It is located at a distance of 2,400 light years from Earth.

The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula is a region of star formation, with more than 250 young stars identified within and around it. Several of these stars are very young, less than 100,000 years old. There are two stars with an estimated age of a couple of million years, found in a small cavity in the head of the Elephant’s Trunk. The newly born protostars were formed as a result of the pressure created by the high compression caused by the radiation of the massive central star and the winds from the young stars within the nebula. The radiation

From Wired: #Mastodon Is Hurtling Toward a Tipping Point

"It’s a natural tendency for people to go elsewhere online to try to find a replica of Twitter,” McCammon says. “But Mastodon is not Twitter. It is not built like Twitter. And it is not aiming to churn a profit. So there is undoubtedly going to be friction that arises in that moment of migration.” 

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https://www.wired.com/story/mastodon-legal-issues-tipping-point/

To all of the grocery store employees working this week in preparation for the holidays AND winter storm across America: THANK YOU.

I sincerely hope people are being unusually friendly, patient, and grateful. Please find time to care for yourselves too.

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