Justinas Vitkus
@justinasvitkus.bsky.social
Artist, Hobbyist. I love astronomy.
I've heard about planet WASP-76b showing hints of optical phenomenon called Glory. It looks like iridescent rings caused by liquid droplets in clouds. In this case the liquid droplets are made out of molten metal in the clouds of this hot Jupiter planet. #SciArt #spaceart #astronomy #Exoplanets
I have been neglecting Uranus system for a long time now. So I decided to change that. Here's Uranus and Miranda visible above the canyons of Ariel. #SciArt #spaceart #astronomy #solarsystem #Uranus
Well, I'm projecting my life onto her... #art #digitalart #fanart #TheAmazingDigitalCircus #TADC #Gangle
Another old painting of a habitable moon entering the shadow of its parent planet. #SciArt #spaceart #astronomy
Just a quick painting of Máni. A trans-Neptunian object. Recent occultation observations hint that Máni might have a massive impact crater and a very tall mountain that I interpreted as a central peak in this impact crater. #SciArt #spaceart #astronomy #solarsystem
I've read about ZTF SLRN-2020 event where a star basically ate it's own planet. So I decided to try and depict this from a planet's perspective. It's atmosphere evaporating and getting ripped away by the star. #SciArt #spaceart #astronomy
Each year near the start of Mars' southern winter warm air rises over Arsia Mons volcano forming ice and dust clouds. Sometimes this dust coalesces into a spiraling cloud that can be over 15 km high. This digital painting depicts one such dust spirals.#Sciart #space #astronomy #SolarSystem #Mars
Sedna, frozen and lonely world drowned in darkness. It's red, ancient surface receives only a tiny amount of Sun's light. #Sciart #space #illustration #astronomy #Sedna #OortCloud #SolarSystem
My old painting of a brown dwarf. This view represents a moon of a brown dwarf being lit up by the sun-like star, which is second component of this star-brown dwarf system. #Sciart #space #illustration #astronomy #Exoplanets
Saturn as seen from Titan's polar regions. During winter season in south hemisphere a big, high altitude cloud hangs above south pole. #Sciart #space #illustration #astronomy
J1407b also known as a Super-Saturn. Possibly a brown dwarf with a massive ring system with planets forming in it. Now, latest updates on this object suggest that it is not tied to any star and most likely is not illuminated like this. But who knows, maybe somewhere there is a system like this.
My interpretation of Vesta's south pole impact that formed Rheasilvia crater. Before impact older Veneneia crater can be seen. #Sciart #space #illustration #astronomy#Vesta
My interpretation of a Hot Jupiter planet. I looked up some info on Hot Jupiter atmospheric dynamics and this is my best guess what this type of a planet might look like. #Sciart #space #illustration #astronomy #Exoplanets
A quick painting of an eyeball planet orbiting a red dwarf star. #Sciart #space #illustration #astronomy #Exoplanets
Jupiter's powerful lightning storms most likely generate lots of transient luminous events. In this scene, during the early morning hour, as the rising sun lights up the top of a massive thunderstorm a lightning strike generates a gigantic jet, shooting high up in the atmosphere.
Old painting of Jupiter's atmosphere. Two of it's moons, Io and Ganymede, are visible in the sky. #Sciart #space #illustration #astronomy #Jupiter
I did a little bit more research on Jupiter's transient luminous events. This is my attempt to portray one of these events. So, here it is, Jupiter sprites. #Sciart #space #illustration #astronomy #Jupiter
Ancient worlds carved and shaped by a long lost civilization.
A neutron star cannibalizing it's sister star. View from a planet orbiting this restless system. #Sciart #space #illustration #astronomy
Neptune visible from the surface of Galatea, one of it's minor moons. #Sciart #space #illustration #astronomy #neptune
#Jupiter's closest moon Metis emerges from the planet's shadow. Rings as well as two Jovian moons can be seen. Io with it's volcanic plumes, sulfur halo and aurora. Europa with hypothesized water ice geysers erupting from it's polar region. Bright blue star in the background is Earth. #astronomy
I am fascinated by a theory of tiny primordial black holes hitting solar system planets and moons, going through them as if they are barely there. This is my interpretation of such black hole piercing through our moon and emerging on the other side, leaving a small, unusual crater. #space #astronomy