Locomotive Threading Through Deep Space

A vintage-style train car rides an elevated track through an open cosmic void, framed by a massive luminous nebula on one side and soft clouds of interstellar gas below. Stars and distant galaxy patches fill the darker portions of the sky while the nebula core shifts in brightness and the gas clouds drift slowly. The train holds its forward heading as the background elements change pace independently. The 3840x2160 loop lasts 18.6 seconds.