Horror Haiku Club Prompt

August 28 - Red Shift

Red shift refers to the red hue the universe has when viewed through a telescope.

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Your prompt is RED SHIFT.

Bloody universe

Shifting away. Do you flee

Your explosive past?

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Because of the outward expansion of the universe, light that reaches us is shifted toward the red part of the visible light spectrum. If objects were coming toward us, they’d have a blue hue. There’s a good explanation here.