"Canopus."

"Canopus."

Artist
Michael Eckart
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Date
2015
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"Arrakis is a hellworld. Its climate is one of torrid heat, frigid cold, and every temperature extreme between. It has two suns - Canopus and a smaller, more distant secondary. This combination produces a greenhouse effect that makes the planet a furnace by day and a deep freeze by night. There is no surface water. All moisture is locked in the polar caps or in deep, underground reservoirs. The air is so dry it sucks the moisture from your body with every breath." – Duke Leto Atreides, initial planetary assessment. "On 16 January 2025, David Lynch passed away, and the two suns of the planet Arrakis burned out. Lynch was the legendary filmmaker behind the first novel in Frank Herbert’s epic six-part Dune series, which was published in 1965. David Lynch lives on through films such as Dune and many others. In 2015, I took this iconic photo of the twin suns of Arrakis on Fuerteventura. Ten years later, its publication is intended as a tribute to David Lynch."
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