“These holes may have been created by one or more stars that exploded.”

“I think of the civilizations in those galaxies looking back at the Milky Way.”

A bright young star within a colorful nebula.

“The camera is looking roughly south across McMurdo Sound and the Ross Ice Shelf.”

“It was taken using my mobile phone, a Google Pixel 7 Pro.”

“We had parked our canal boat for the night…”

The Cygnus Wall is part of a larger nebula.

It is fun to contemplate all of the life on display in this image.

Even as astronomical objects go, that’s a gargantuan protostar.