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Mission Day 81 · March 26, 2026 · Kepler-196 System

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Wolf on Kepler-196 d - erosion-carved mesa outpost with supply caches

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With deep fascination to humanity's genius exhibited in the arts [and my personal curiosity in its intersection with web3 tech]. Welcome to my personal collection of owned non-fungible NFT art ;)

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Or are they small moons? Maybe go explore and report back.

TTN-WX · Titan Relay
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Ring shadow cooling
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Methane rain likely
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Mars
Dust storm warning
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Hyperspace lane 7 closed near Jupiter — magnetic field interference ··· Titan methane lakes at seasonal high — surface ops nominal ··· TRAPPIST-1e cloud cover breaks expected — rare surface visibility window ··· Mars global dust storm — Olympus Mons region visibility below 2km ··· Europa subsurface thermal vent activity increasing — exobiology team alerted ··· Sol radiation belt advisory in effect for inner system ··· Enceladus geyser output 340% above baseline — sample collection window open ··· Kepler-90i dayside temps exceed 477°C — unmanned probes only ··· Saturn ring particle density 15% above normal — approach vectors adjusted ··· Galactic cosmic ray index: moderate — standard hull shielding sufficient ··· Comet C/2026 K1 visible from Mars orbit — apparent magnitude 2.1 ··· TRAPPIST-1 stellar flare warning — M-dwarf activity cycle approaching peak ···

art collection

Masterpieces I lose time in. Don't forget to check out the descriptions.

The Death of Hyacinthus by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The Death of Hyacinthus

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · c. 1752–53

Oil on canvas

Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
About this work

Apollo, god of sun and prophecy, loved Hyacinthus — a Spartan prince said to be the most beautiful mortal alive. The two were inseparable, spending their days hunting and throwing discus in the fields. One afternoon, Apollo hurled the discus with divine force. Hyacinthus ran to catch it, but the disc struck him in the skull. Some tellings blame Zephyrus, the West Wind, who loved Hyacinthus too and blew the disc off course in a fit of jealousy.

Hyacinthus died in Apollo's arms. Inconsolable, the god refused to let Hades claim him entirely — from the boy's blood he grew a new flower, the hyacinth, marking its petals with the Greek letters "AI AI," a cry of mourning. Tiepolo captures the exact moment of collapse: the god still reaching, the mortal already gone.

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