An image taken by a space telescope and colorized by scientists and artists, this gives us a picture of the cosmos. The edges are black with white glowing dots that appear as stars. In the center is the crab nebula, an organic circular shape that opens like a wound or a rip in the the black starry field. There are spindly formations that stretch towards the center of the opening, layers and layers deep, like vines. The opening is mostly shades of blue and green, with some orange around the edge.

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A young Black woman in a red polo holds out a hula hoop. A few feet back a young boy is captured in motion, having just flown a paper airplane. The plane zooms between the two.

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