Billowing clouds of pink, purple, and blue ring a glowing asteroid, cut through by a pillar of bright light. The scene is backdropped by the rich, dark blue void of space, sprinkled with stars.

Heart of Gold

Sam Hollasch

November 09, 2020

Major: Industrial Design

Genre/Medium: digital illustration

About the work: The Psyche asteroid is hypothesized to be the remains of a protoplanet formed in the early solar system that underwent collisions that shed it of its outer layers, leaving exposed core material behind. The Psyche asteroid was named after the titular figure in Greek mythology – the goddess of the soul. I was inspired by the name and the story of the asteroid’s creation – the idea that Psyche is the exposed heart of a long-vanished planet. This illustration shows the luminous metal core just after the moment of impact, when its light first breaks through a cloud of debris.

Date Added: 11-09-2020
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Sam Hollasch - Psyche Inspired

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