The Dwellers in the Veil
This is my favorite nebula:
![I keep returning to this image... The Veil Nebula](https://www.rosemarykirstein.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/veil_1024-300x94.jpg)
The Veil Nebula
Now, if you were to live on a planet orbiting a star inside that nebula, what would you see?
Maybe this:
![assuming you saw by visible light.... Yeah. That's it.](https://www.rosemarykirstein.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/100_0781-300x199.jpg)
Yeah. That's it.
We lack only actual individual stars — but probably the brightness of the Veil would render the stars invisible.
![I would always gaze at the sky. In the heart of a nebula.](https://www.rosemarykirstein.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/scarfedited-11-04-11-300x47.jpg)
In the heart of a nebula.
It’s another “Color test” of Darlene’s, and it’s the only scarf I have that’s satin.
![Satin shines. Lovely and mysterious.](https://www.rosemarykirstein.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/100_0780-199x300.jpg)
Lovely and mysterious.
When I wear this, I’m a Dweller in the Veil. I’m not from here; I observe you with interest…
![The light of my alien sky Strange is good.](https://www.rosemarykirstein.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/100_0783-300x199.jpg)
Strange is good.