Shuttle Blasts Off From Jeriko

A Corderan Shuttle blasts off from a crater on a moon called Jeriko.  This moon orbits the planet Zimbuctu.  The Sombrero Galaxy looms ahead, and the Homeworld--Cordero Prime!

**Photo of Sombrero Galaxy courtesy of NASA and STSci**

Intergalactic Lograrian Cubes

A colony of Lograrian Cubes hovers over a deserted asteroid,  just outside the Black--Eyed Galaxy.  The Cubes are investigating some ancient ruins of a forgotten Galactic Empire.  The Lograrians will use the asteroid to construct more Cubes for their strange, endless voyage throughout the Universe.

The Lograrians are an extremely shy, insect-like race.  Their hyperdimensional Cubes have been observed in every galaxy.

**photo of Black-Eye Galaxy courtesy of NASA--public domain**

El Alma III In The Sombrero Galaxy

El Alma III orbits a blue sun, right on the edge of the Sombrero Galaxy.  Bizarre, red fountains erupt, as a strange flying saucer buzzes the sky.

This Universe is very, very rich with Life!  The Sombrero Galaxy is especially fertile, and can boast of hundreds of galactic civilizations!

Alien Evening On TeTap II

 A giant, shiny flying saucer hovers over the skyscrapers of a city on the planet TeTop II.  An aquamarine sun gazes down on the alien scenery far below.  TeTop II sports a very surreal, hyper-dimensional architecture.

The giant saucer is from the planet Cordero Prime, far away in the Sombrero Galaxy.

Intelligent life is very common in the Universe, and very rich!

Inter-dimensional Afternoon On TeTap II

Strange spacecraft fill the deep-blue skies of TeTap II on a balmy, Autumn afternoon. The TeTapians are very curious about both Outer Space and Inter-dimensional Space. Alien spacecraft often visit their bright, colourful cities.

Hyperdimensional Afternoon On TeTap II

TeTap II is relatively earth-like with deep blue skies and a temperate climate.  Its pleasant cities use a hyperdimensional architecture, and it's sometimes difficult to tell up from down and left from right.

A neon-green interstellar ship prepares to dock, on a quiet afternoon.  The TeTapians are only 250 light years away.  They know of Earth, but consider it a hopeless, depressing place, and try to avoid it.

TeTap II

TeTap II is an interesting planet, only 250 light years from Earth.  The TeTapians have achieved a 30th Century technology, and colonized a dozen nearby star systems.  They know of Earth, but have decided not to make contact...

There are over 10,000 habitable planets within 1000 light years of Earth.  Life is Everywhere...!

Lograrian Space Hives

The Lograrians are a very old and strange insect race.  They began colonizing space over 5 billion years ago in a distant galaxy.  They do not colonize planets, but construct hyper-dimensional cubes or 'hives' to live in from asteroids and comets.  The Lograrians are very shy, and make no attempt to communicate with any other races. 

Their cubical hives have been observed in every galaxy.

**star background courtesy of NASA--public domain**

Belleza And Brillante

Belleza is a beautiful earth-like world that spins around a star just outside the Whirlpool Galaxy.  Brillante is a ice-covered moon, very much like Jupiter's moon Europa. 

Nighttime skies are never dark when Brillante is full.  The icy moon shines almost 100X as bright as Earth's companion.

**photo of Whilpool Galaxy courtesy of NASA--public domain**

El Solo

El Solo is a lonely green planet, orbiting a star in intergalactic space.  The planet has no siblings and no moons to brighten its skies.  El Solo and it's bluish star were tossed out into intergalactic space, billions of years ago.  The nearest star system is over 20 million light years away in the Whirlpool Galaxy.

Warm, greenish seas cover most  of El Solo.  The tranquil planet is unknown, even to the most advanced galactic civilizations.

**Photo of Whirlpool Galaxy courtesy of NASA--public domain**

Night Blooms

Cinnamon scented flowers bloom on a planet called Mira III,  after the Andromeda Galaxy rises in the sky.  This planet is in a small irregular galaxy that orbits the much larger Andromeda Galaxy.

Two carrier ships from Cordero Prime glide through the alien night, far above the peaceful scene.

""photo of galaxy courtesy of NASA--public domain""

Alien Afternoon In The Sombrero Galaxy

An emerald green spaceship sails among the skyscrapers of Kalediscopia City.  Giant buildings, seven miles -high, cast massive shadows on the streets below.  An alien sun peeks out from behind a building near the end of another alien afternoon.

UFOs Over City Hall

Two bright flying saucers from the Sombrero Galaxy visit Philadelphia's City Hall on a stunning mid-October afternoon.  The flying saucers are actually hyper-dimensional flying pyramids from the Corderan Empire.

How strangely beautiful this Universe is!  And how rich with surprises!

UFOs Over Philadelphia

Two warships from the Corderan Empire sail through the hazy October skies of downtown Philadelphia. Soon, 50 billion hungry colonists will descend.

The Conquest has begun!

Homeworld

Two interstellar commuter ships prepare to land on the 7,777th floor of the Krysler Building. Cordero Prime is the Homeworld of the Corderan Empire in the Sombrero Galaxy. Its capital, Kaleidiscopia City is home to over 850 quadrillion people. The planet's green skies and spotted blue sun are known throughout the civilized Universe.

Dawn On The Planet Venusia

A spotted blue sun rises over a misty river on the planet Venusia in the Sombrero Galaxy. Venusia is the 'sister' of Cordero Prime, and it is a planet of waterways and rivers. Venusia is only populated at its two poles, the equatorial region is much too hot! It is 20 million miles closer to its sun then Cordero Prime.

Esta Noche En La Ciudad de Kaleidiscopia

A colourful starship zooms overhead, as another night begins in Kaleidiscopia City on the planet Cordero Prime. A full moon sporting hundreds of volcanic craters tries to compete with a sky full of stars and nebulae.

Cordero Prime is located in a globular star cluster, deep in the heart of the Sombrero Galaxy.

**Nebula photo courtesy of NASA/ESA--public domain**

Red Afternoon On Rojobosque II

A forest of bizarre red trees flourishes on the planet Rojobosque II in the Milky Way Galaxy! Rojobosque II orbits a red dwarf sun, only 12 million miles away.

Red dwarf stars are always the most fertile for life, and are very stable. The pleasant red afternoon will still look pretty much the same, 20 billion years from now!

Dreamland

A crystalline moon rises just before sunset behind a castle in Dreamland on a perfect October evening...!

Dreamland exists in the 0th Dimension; it both exists and doesn't exist. It is always there and never there. It's a great place to seek refuge!

Ghost

Took this photo by the banks of the Schuylkill River in Valley Forge National Park last summer. I snake had just jumped into the river, and I was hoping to catch it on film. Didn't get the photo of the snake, but something else instead...

Honestly don't know who or what he is, in the lower right hand corner. He's dead, obviously, Looks like he's wearing a cap and has long, curly hair; maybe he drowned many years ago. He's looking right into the camera, and he doesn't look too happy...

Lots more detail comes out if you look at the photo in black and white with high contrast. I've been back to the spot a few times, but never noticed or felt anything strange. I tell myself it's just a simulacrum, but I really don't know...spooky!

Nights In White Satin

A gigantic gray moon named Gris rises over the Emperor's Garden on the planet Cordero Prime. The warm, autumnal night is decorated with thousands of fountains on this incredible world in the Sombrero Galaxy!

How rich with life this Universe is! It is beyond all imagination, beyond all understanding! And yet, it is!

Summerland

Summerland is a planet in the Milky Way Galaxy that rotates only 10 million miles from its strange sun. Fortunately, the sun gives off more light than heat. Summerland is tidally locked, and one side always faces the sun. A rich biosphere has evolved here, and it is eternally Summer...

Zimbuctu

Zimbuctu is a planet on the very edge of the Sombrero Galaxy. It's evening skies are filled by the enormous, magnificent galaxy! Zimbuctu is a warm, tropical planet that sports a Moorish architecture.

A small moon named Jeriko shares the skies with the grand Sombrero Galaxy!

**photo of Sombrero Galaxy courtesy of STSci and NASA--public domain***

Early Autumn On Harmony III

A giant crow-like bird flies overhead on the planet Harmony III in the Sombrero Galaxy! The entire planet was transformed into a garden almost 5,000 years ago by the Corderan Empire. The vegetation begins to change into a riot of colours, as the Autumn season begins on this very pleasant world, so very far away...

An Alien Garden On Harmony III

A garden of richly scented blooms lies under a royal blue sky on Harmony III in the Sombrero Galaxy. A boomerang shaped flying saucer from the Corderan Empire seems to float in the serene skies of this tranquil world...

Two Moons Rising With Flying Saucer On Harmony III

A flying saucer from Cordero Prime buzzes the evening skies of the planet Harmony III in the Sombrero Galaxy. This very peaceful world sports two beautiful moons, and is well known for its soothing scenery and deep tranquility. Many Seekers and Dreamers come here from all over the known Universe.

Pajaro III In The Sombrero Galaxy

A giant, crow-like bird takes to the skies, as an early Autumn storm begins on Pajaro III. Greenish clouds hide the white sun, on this beautiful planet on the edge of the Sombrero Galaxy

Life in the Universe is very common, and always very, very rich!

Another Green World

A rich, heavily forested world named Sylvan orbits a blue star, close to the edge of the Andromeda Galaxy. This temperate world is very much like Earth was during its Devonian period, millions of years ago.

La Medianoche En Kaleidiscopia Ciudad

Sólo unos pocos miles de las más brillantes estrellas pueden brillar a través de la neblina por encima de la media noche Kaleidiscopia Ciudad.

Un plato único que enarbolan zumba por el zigurat del Ayuntamiento en esta noche tranquila en la Ciudad de los Sueños ...

Llano III In The Black--Eyed Galaxy

A herd of ruminants roam a hillside on the planet Llano III. Two golden suns dawn in the East, on this pastoral planet--deep inside the Black--Eyed Galaxy.

The Black--Eyed Galaxy is extremely rich with life, especially intelligent life! An amphibious race controls most of the galaxy.

Late Summer Sunset Over Edge City

Two shuttles from Kaleidiscopia City share the skies with a setting sun over Edge City. The sea turns a saffron colour at the end of another long Summer season on this spectacular world in the Sombrero Galaxy.

The City Of Forever

City of Gems. City of Dreams. City of Ten-thousand Stars. Kaleidiscopia City has known many nicknames in its 10,000 year history. This capital of the Corderan Empire lies near the very heart of a globular cluster, deep inside the Sombrero Galaxy.

Giant towers and massive skyscrapers try to hide a purple, crescent moon, as it sails above this so-called City of Forever...

El Caloric In The Sombrero Galaxy

A searing hot ocean of liquid tin and iron shines under a boiling hot sun on the planet El Caloric. This planet in the Sombrero Galaxy is only 10 million miles from its red sun. Silvery clouds of mercury vapour roll by in the strange sky.

Three flying saucers from Cordero Prime zoom overhead, surveying the alien scenery.

Early Autumn Moonrise Over Kaleidiscopia City

A nearly full moon named Verde rises over the surreal skyscrapers of Kaleidiscopia City, right before sunset. Verde is covered with grasslands from pole to pole, and is about the size of Earth's moon. It is just one of the nine moons that orbit Cordero Prime.

Kaleidiscopia City is the capital of the Corderan Empire in the Sombrero Galaxy and has a population of over 850 quadrillion people!

Early Autumn Afternoon In Kaleidiscopia City

The blue sun sets much sooner, now that Fall has returned to Kaleidisocpia City. Lengthening shadows make the Alien Quarter seem even more bizarre! Thousands of people from Earth live here...

El Lago V In The Sombrero Galaxy

El Lago V circles three blue suns on the edge of the Sombrero Galaxy. Terrestrial planets around triple stars are extremely rare--and beautiful. The planet is privately owned by the Corderan Royal Family.

Emperor Panceta himself is piloting the blue spaceship, as it prepares to land on the edge of a crater lake. The emperor likes to spend the last month of Summer visiting his favourite planets in the Empire.

A Starry, Starry Night

A crescent, icy moon named Hiello sails through the starry skies of Kaleidicopia City on the planet Cordero Prime. Over 50,000 stars are within 10 light years of this planet in the Sombrero Galaxy.

About one-half of the stars in the Sombrero Galaxy support some type of life, much like the Milky Way Galaxy.

This Universe is drenched with Life; the stars themselves hum with the Joy of Existence and Being...!

The Colony Ship From Cordero Prime

A massive colony ship from Cordero Prime begins orbiting an earth-like planet around Tau Ceti. The colony ship is over 200,000 miles wide, and contains over 1 trillion people!

The Corderan Empire in the Sombrero Galaxy can boast of over 1,000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000 citizens, and must conquer nearby galaxies to survive.

The earth-like planet is named Tierra Neuava. It sports a very tropical climate and two small moons!

Pacífica Rises Over Atlantica

A crescent Pacífica rises over the planet Atlantica just as their sun, Epsilon Eridani, slips below the horizon of a shallow sea. Both planets are covered with water, and rotate around each other as they orbit their sun. Epsilon Eridani is only 10.5 light years away...

Life blossoms on these worlds as it does on Earth, the entire Milky Way Galaxy hums with life... and great beauty.

Atlantica Rises Over Pacífica In The Epsilon Eridani System

Epsilon Eridani is a sun-like star, only 10.5 light-years away. It sports twin water worlds--Atlantica and Pacífica. Both worlds orbit each other and both support a very rich marine ecosystem in their salty seas...

A colony ship from Cordero Prime buzzes above Pacífica, looking for life. Its next stop will be Earth!

The Skies Of Calabaza III

The planet Calabaza III sports an orange coloured sky, courtesy of its indigo coloured sun. The skyscrapers of Calabaza City rival those of Kaleidiscopia City in their immense height and alien architecture!

Rosada de La Luna Rises Over The Gold Palace On Cordero Prime

A moon named Rosada de la Luna rises over a palace made from pure gold on the planet Cordero Prime. Nine moons orbit this planet, located deep in the heart of the Sombrero Galaxy. Millions of nearby stars shine in the midnight sky as a trio of flying saucers zooms overhead.

The Gold Palace is over 10,000 years old. It rises exactly 33.3333333 miles overhead, and is the tallest building in the known Universe.

Early Autumn On Quinientos III

A warm, early Fall day ends on the planet Quinientos III in the Sombrero Galaxy. This planet orbits a blue sun, but is very earth-like. All vegetation on Quinientos III bursts into intense hues during the first few weeks of Autumn.

Late Afternoon In Late Summer In Kaleidiscopia City

The green sky and blue sun of Kaleidiscopia City are known throughout the civilized Universe. The Great City in the Sombrero Galaxy is both strangely familiar and strangely alien at the same time. The so-called City of Dreams sports a population of over 850 trillion people!

Río Luna Rises Over Riomundo II In The Andromeda Galaxy

Riomundo II has a satellite much like Earth's except it is very green and rich with life. Río Luna rises over one of the many river systems on Riomundo II.

The Andromeda Galaxy is also very fertile with life. The galaxy contains almost 100,000.000 worlds similar to Riomundo II.

Riomundo II In The Andromeda Galaxy

A steamboat sails down the Ch'i River on the planet Riomundo II in the Andromeda Galaxy. The sky turns to a coppery green as the two red suns set on this rich, beautiful world!

The Bridge Of Sighs On Sureño III In The Sombrero Galaxy

A full moon named Mariah rises over the Bridge of Sighs on the planet Sureño III. This very earth-like planet in the Sombrero Galaxy is at a mid-20th Century level in its development. Survey ships from the Corderan Empire visit its skies very often...

How rich with Life this Universe is! Life is Everywhere!

Another Alien Afternoon

Two boomerang shaped flying saucers zoom through the skies of some unknown world in an alien Universe. Three moons eclipse the sun above the strange skyline.

Flying Saucer Over Sereño III

A lone flying saucer buzzes the skies of Sereño III in the Sombrero Galaxy. The two suns set early in the Winter twilight of this dreamy, distant world.

Aurora Borealis Over Rio City

Extremely intense aurora displays occur every evening on the planet Rio Planeta in the Andromeda Galaxy. Rio Planeta rotates around a twin planet once a day, creating immense electro-magnetic storms.

Nights are seldom dark above Rio City. The capital of Rio Planeta is often plagued by horrific tornadoes and hurricanes. Rio City is densely populated. Its population is almost 100 million.