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15 posts with the tag black
David Bentley
digital
Having settled after the surprise, we now needed to deal with the reality. Get closer, take what measurements we could, maybe some manual star sightings I suggested but the navigator just laughed at
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David Bentley
digital
The Imperium Presidency came with great honour, as well as great responsibility. That is self evident, I hear your unsaid thoughts, but as your tour guide and historian, I suggest there is more than
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David Bentley
digital
Life on Mars was always a bit of an oxymoron. Primitive. Ancient. Not very H.G. Wells at all. So the early settlers became miners for more than one reason. The hollow magma tubes became underground s
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David Bentley
digital
After my holidays, dragging family around many of the architectural wonders of the modern world, I’m an engineer after all, my next assignment is literally off the planet. I’m an infrastructure recyc
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David Bentley
digital
I knew from a young age that I would probably end up in space. My earliest memories are playing rocket games with my father, and a house full of space books. Plus I was interested. Dinosaurs and supe
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David Bentley
digital
Space is unusual. Full of surprises. Mostly in the imagination of science fiction writers that made anything possible. It can also be scary. Solar storms, dust clouds, exploding stars. Let me tell y
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David Bentley
digital
“A Dyson Sphere doesn’t quite capture what is happening. It’s ancient and corroded, but not uniformly, tarnished but not rusty, for rust needs an electrolyte and an oxidiser, and none are present. We
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David Bentley
digital
“At the end of the day, as the light fades, if you look just right, and you’re quick, you’ll see the day spirits rise for the evening, leaving the shadows of the night.” Technique: #digital Theme: #
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David Bentley
digital
“The bubble universe theory challenges our understanding of the universe and our place within it, suggesting an infinite array of possibilities beyond what we can currently observe.” Technique: #dig
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David Bentley
digital
“When the storm approaches at the eve of the day, it brings its friend, foreboding. With darkness, the mind is free to imagine, the wind thrashing the tree as if to free it from sprites, that dance,
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David Bentley
digital
“It’s snow season, as the storm clears not everything is clear and sharp. With low visibility one gets more of an impression. Better clean the goggles.” “Oh no! It’s not any better! “ Technique: #d
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David Bentley
digital
The title is a juxtaposed line from Paul Simon’s classic “the sound of silence”. It seemed appropriate for this image. Technique: #digital Theme: #abstract Highlight colour: #black #pink Series:
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David Bentley
digital
“In the dark the column stands out, white against the yellow black of the chamber. Why is it so? Where is the light coming from? Above, or below, left or right, inside or out? It’s a puzzle.” #digita
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David Bentley
digital
“While the pharaohs may not have been into town planning, they had a pretty good idea of where their pyramids were going to go. With a 30 year lead time this was no project to procrastinate over! Fi
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David Bentley
digital
“On an alien, unexplored planet with unfamiliar skies signs of life may be difficult to find. But what is that in the distance? It’s dark, but something is ahead. Those shapes, rising out of the blac
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