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New Dimension: Nebulas Are Even More Amazing in 3-D - IC 1396 With a bright, bluish star at its center, the gassy star-forming region IC 1396 spans hundreds of light-years in the constellation Cepheus. Finnish astrophotographer J-P Metsavainio has rendered some spacescapes in three dimensions, using his own photographs as a starting point. "NOTE: This is a personal vision about shapes and volumes, based on some scientific data and an artistic impression."

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Bird Date: ca. 1580 Culture: German, Nuremberg Medium: Rock crystal, silver gilt and ruby Dimensions: H. (with base) 12-1/8 in. (30.8 cm) Classification: Natural Substances-Rock Crystal Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 Accession Number: 17.190.534a, b Art Ancien, Vintage Perfume Bottles, Vintage Perfume, Objet D'art, Rock Crystal, Glass Crystal, Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Metropolitan Museum, Perfume Bottle

The coveted qualities of both natural wonder (naturalia) and fine craftsmanship (artificialia) are embodied in this hollow vessel. In the 1500s, rock crystal was priced at its weight in gold. The material’s extreme hardness allows it to be worked—cut, carved, or drilled—without shattering, while at its finest, as here, it is luminous and transparent

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