Operation 'Hourglass'

Entry for Clint Jones' Endless Engines challenge. Made in Blender, rendered with Cycles, postpro with DaVinci Resolve.
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Planet image from Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/photos/Q1p7bh3SHj8), stars background edited from past work, ships and space station are newly made spesifically for this challenge.