Loved it.
It was a really interesting idea, and you did a really good job of portraying it. The ending was really cool. I agree that the filters and gradients made it look better. Maybe it's just because I have a fast connection, but this flash ran smoothly and it looked beautiful. I can see how it would be hard to portray this flash as the astronauts not being from earth without blowing the cover of the story. It worked out well though. Outstanding work. Congrats on Daily Feature.