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The graceful, winding arms of the majestic spiral galaxy M51 (NGC 5194) appear like a grand spiral staircase sweeping through space. They are actually long lanes of stars and gas laced with dust. This sharpest-ever image, taken in January 2005 with the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, illustrates a spiral galaxy's grand design, from its curving spiral arms, where young stars reside, to its yellowish central core, a home of older stars. The galaxy is nicknamed the Whirlpool because of its swirling structure. The Whirlpool's most striking feature is its two curving arms, a hallmark of so-called grand-design spiral galaxies. Many spiral galaxies possess numerous, loosely shaped arms that make their spiral structure less pronounced. These arms serve an important purpose in spiral galaxies. They are star-formation factories, compressing hydrogen gas and creating clusters of new stars. In the Whirlpool, the assembly line begins with the dark clouds of gas on the inner edge, then moves to bright pink star-forming regions, and ends with the brilliant blue star clusters along the outer edge. Some astronomers believe that the Whirlpool's arms are so prominent because of the effects of a close encounter with NGC 5195, the small, yellowish galaxy at the outermost tip of one of the Whirlpool's arms. At first glance, the compact galaxy appears to be tugging on the arm. Hubble's clear view, however, shows that NGC 5195 is passing behind the Whirlpool. The small galaxy has been gliding past the Whirlpool for hundreds of millions of years. As NGC 5195 drifts by, its gravitational muscle pumps up waves within the Whirlpool's pancake-shaped disk. The waves are like ripples in a pond generated when a rock is thrown in the water. When the waves pass through orbiting gas clouds within the disk, they squeeze the gaseous material along each arm's inner edge. The dark dusty material looks like gathering storm clouds. These dense clouds collapse, creating a wake of star birth, as seen in the bright pink star-forming regions. The largest stars eventually sweep away the dusty cocoons with a torrent of radiation, hurricane-like stellar winds, and shock waves from supernova blasts. Bright blue star clusters emerge from the mayhem, illuminating the Whirlpool's arms like city streetlights. The Whirlpool is one of astronomy's galactic darlings. Located approximately 25 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici (the Hunting Dogs), the Whirlpool's beautiful face-on view and closeness to Earth allow astronomers to study a classic spiral galaxy's structure and star-forming processes.

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Three texture variations (firestorm, opalesence and sunburst)

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layer 1: hue/saturation adjustment layer: hue -161

layers 2 & 3: tiger's eye texture (expanded to remove edges) (multiply 56%, overlay 95%)

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Textures from Lenabem Anna "A215"; Chasing Dreams Summertime Coll. "Sugarshack"; Florabella III "Manhattan"; TinaSea "Cream Linen" .

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Been ill with the flu for a week or so and trapped inside, not much photo taking during this time. So had to do with indoors subjects.

Found this old dried up (more like petrified) Clementine with a nice bumpy texture.

Captured with iPhone and Olloclip Macro Lens, edited and converted to black and white on the iPad in Snapseed.

I liked it in black and white best as it doesn't really give away what the subject is right away.

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These are micro (macro) photographs of the deep interiors of my roses.

If you ever wanted to know what was going on underneath all of those beautiful petals, now you know.

The colors, as bright and saturated as they appear, are authentic, and the textures are natural; nothing has been added or altered in post-processing.

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More micro (macro) shots of the interior of my roses in my new set, "The Rose Universe:"

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One of the most incredible place to light painting...

The historical painted mines in Calhan, Co.

This place is awesome to photograph by night / sunset / sunrise / ...

Golden hour is totally amazing, I would recommend people to go there for sure, worth the drive

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Honestly, I'm not sure about this one ... from the shot to the texture, something's not quite right, especially since I wanted to take a lighter and softer approach to my photography this year. First shot out and it's a bit on the moody side.

Anyhoo, it is what it is and it's for this week's Macro Monday's theme, transformation.

I hope you're having a smashing start to the new year! Oh and HMM!!

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I got so excited to do this one.. But it may be hard to use. Loved the String Binding!

Colores de La Boca / Colors from La Boca.

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Fagetto Lario, Lago di Como

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Vintage Marbled Paper Textures From Very Old Books Download the whole set at Photoshop Roadmap.

So here's another texture I created from scratch, feel free to use.

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