I’ve been looking at Solar Stories in the background recently (meaning more posts soon). But this week something that made space a seem even bigger and a lot more complex. It’s something I cannot ignore whilst building a vehicle for space based stories.
That thing is the release of the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope. Not just that incredible image shown off by the US President but the rest of this first reference set. I’ve been diving into these and to say that these images are inspirational is very much the grand understatement.
Looking at these pictures, it is hard to have a favourite, but perhaps it has to go to the Carina Nebula. This screams that space is vast, infinitely complex and diverse on a scale that defies comprehension. To someone wondering what a fictional future in our solar system might be like, it is a challenge to take off the gloves and come up with something too creative.
It is almost as if this new view of reality allows us to think bigger, better and stranger. Has the universe just given us permission to be more than we were before? We don’t need permission, although reminders like this are wonderful.
Before I go I’m just going to link to some James Webb resources in case you also find these useful
James Webb Resources
Webb’s First Images and Data (Gallery)
Webb Space Telescope Home Page
Image Credit
The Carina Nebula via the James Webb Space Telescope
Stream of Consciousness 