ISM
A poem about the Interstellar Medium.
1 min readJun 24, 2020
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Infrared radiation penetrates deeply,
due to the low optical depth —
to penetrate in the depths of molecular clouds.
Far from thermodynamic equilibrium
[a few MeV]
hot stars chip away electrons from dust grains.
Imagine a supernova remnant
& its magnetohydrodynamic waves;