Showing posts with label Astronomical Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Astronomical Art. Show all posts
Monday, July 19, 2021
Voices of Apollo 11
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"The Ultimate Tribute To The Fallen Heroes Who Took Us To Moon"
"Metsavainio has created a ‘voices of Apollo 11’ artistic masterpiece to immortalize the mission and its target forever."
The Voices of Apollo 11
are now part of the Moon forever
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Image shows the full Moon made entirely out the text of the transcript of the onboard voice conversations of the Apollo 11 mission. There is nothing else in this photo-based image. Just letters.
The Voices
I downloaded NASA's original full transcript of Apollo 11's onboard voice conversations. The idea was to turn this text into an image of the Moon. After a few weeks of intense work at a feverish pace my tribute was ready. Now the Moon is made up entirely of Apollo 11 voice transcription letters.
This is also a tribute to the entire Apollo 11 team: Commander Neil A. Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.
This is also a tribute to the entire Apollo 11 team: Commander Neil A. Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.
WHY?
I was most gratified and deeply moved when Michael Collins —the Apollo 11 & Gemini 10 astronaut, author, explorer and artist— tweeted following kind words about my work on April 19th, 2021: https://twitter.com/AstroMCollins/status/1384194949009211393
The news of his passing, just nine days later, hit me all the harder — a very emotional moment for me. Out of the blue, I got inspired to create this artwork. I absolutely had to do it right away, which I did.
Michael Collins was affectionately referred to as “the loneliest man in history” for being the command module pilot who flew solo in space behind the Moon and without radio contact with anyone while his colleagues, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, set foot on the Moon for the first time in history. Michael was also an artist. His iconic photos made from Moon orbit are true art and part of mankind's greatest cultural heritage treasure.
A similar solitude gripped me while I was creating this tribute image. For being an astronomical photographer and a visual artist often is a very lonely job. Especially this time as I was deeply emotional throughout my creative process for this artwork. Even though I never met him personally, the end of his Earthly mission meant more to me than I was prepared for. I needed to make this photo-based artwork to process the inner storm of my thoughts and feelings.
The Apollo 11 landing site is marked by two red letters.
4K VIDEO
1-minute 4K video about the "Voices of Apollo 11" artwork. Please watch in full screen for the best viewing experience.
The music "Fly me to the Moon"
Frank Sinatra's 1964 recording of "Fly Me to the Moon" became closely associated with NASA's Apollo space program. A copy of the song was played on a Sony TC-50 portable cassette player on the Apollo 10 mission which orbited the Moon,[44] and also on Apollo 11 before the first landing on the Moon.[45] Source Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_Me_to_the_Moon
Material used for the artwork
Apollo 11 onboard voice transcription
Click to download the PDF-document, 5.5 MB
My photo of a Full Moon
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I used my twenty-year-old photo of the Full Moon to create this text based artwork.
Thursday, May 6, 2021
4K videos about the Grand Mosaic of the Milky Way
The only photo in the World showing the Northern Milky Way in this accuracy and depth.
ABOUT THE 4K-VIDEOS
Original photo has so high resolution, that's impossible to show over the web, I made those videos to bring out even some of the accuracy of the original photo.
Please, use a 4K-display or the TV-set to watch the video, if possible.
It does play nicely in normal HD-display but you'll get much more out of this by using the 4K-display.
4K-VIDEO 1
4K-VIDEO 2
Panoramic photo of the Northern Milky Way
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Just for fun, a rocket launch seen from my hometown Oulu, Finland
I made this image manipulation to show the actual scale of the Saturn rocket in everyday environment.
Image shows my hometown from the marketplace and there is a map attached showing the locations.
The Height of the Apollo rocket is around 110m. The church, seen at left in the image, is about 54m high.
A Saturn V launch from Oulu
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The Map
PS.
Other well known landmarks seen in Oulu at scale
Cheops Pyramid
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The Empire State Building
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Saturday, October 12, 2013
Visions XIII
VISIONS XIII
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.
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An original astronomical image used for the artwork above
Technical details and more images in this blog post
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Visions of Space XII
VISIONS XII
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.
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An original astronomical image of IC 1340
Only the channel of ionized Oxygen is used for the artwork above
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Edit. Sorry, I made a double posting by mistake. I have published this image some time ago.
I let it be here, since it's a nice image.
Technical details and more images of IC IC 1340 in this blog post
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Visions of Space XI
VISIONS
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.
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This image is used for the artwork above
Technical details and more images of IC 405 and 410 in this blog post
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Visions of Space X
We might have some clear weather after Thursday in this week! I haven't been able to open up this season yet and I'm waiting to start imaging again!
VISIONS
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.
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This image is based on my original astronomical image of Melotte 15, in the Heart Nebula.
Blog post about the Melotte 15 can be seen HERE.
An original astronomical image of Melotte 15
This image is used for the artwork above
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Technical details and other info about my Melotte 15 image HERE
Monday, October 7, 2013
Visions of Space IX
One of my artworks based on an original astronomical photograph shot by me.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.
Vision
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This image is based on my original astronomical image of Pickering's Triangle, in Veil Nebula SNR.
Blog post about the Pickering's Triangle can be seen HERE.
Other versions made from a same target
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Just a O-III (Ionized Oxygen) channel
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Original astronomical image of the Pickering's Triangle
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Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.
Vision
Buy a photographic print from HERE
This image is based on my original astronomical image of Pickering's Triangle, in Veil Nebula SNR.
Blog post about the Pickering's Triangle can be seen HERE.
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Original astronomical image of the Pickering's Triangle
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Visions of Space VIII
One of my artworks based on an original astronomical photograph shot by me.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.
Vision
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This image is based on my original astronomical image of Pickering's Triangle, in Veil Nebula SNR.
Blog post about the Pickering's Triangle can be seen HERE.
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Visions of Space VII
This is one of my artworks based on an original astronomical photograph shot by me.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.
Vision
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Buy a photographic print from HERE
This image is based on my original astronomical image of Pickering's Triangle, in Veil Nebula SNR.
Blog post about the Pickering's Triangle can be seen HERE.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.
Vision
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This image is based on my original astronomical image of Pickering's Triangle, in Veil Nebula SNR.
Blog post about the Pickering's Triangle can be seen HERE.
Friday, October 4, 2013
Visions of Space VI
This is one of my artworks based on an original astronomical photograph shot by me.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.
Vision
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This image is based on my original astronomical image of NGC 1499, the California Nebula.
Blog post about the NGC 1499 can be seen HERE.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.
Vision
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This image is based on my original astronomical image of NGC 1499, the California Nebula.
Blog post about the NGC 1499 can be seen HERE.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Visions of Space V
This is one of my artworks based on an original astronomical photograph shot by me.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.
Vision
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This image is based on my original astronomical image of IC 1340 in Eastern Veil Nebula.
Blog post about the IC 1340 can be seen HERE.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Visions of Space IV
This is one of my artworks based on an original astronomical photograph shot be me.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.
Vision
This image is based on my original astronomical image of Witch's Broom Nebula in Veil nebula supernova remnant .
Blog post about the object can be seen HERE.
Visions of Space III
This is one of my artworks based on an original astronomical photograph shot be me.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.
Vision
This image is based on my original astronomical image of Tarantula Nebula .
Blog post about the object can be seen HERE.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Visions of Space II
This is one of my artworks based on an original astronomical photograph shot be me.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called Visions.
Note. Image is manipulated but all the elements in it are from a real astronomical object.
Vision
This image is based on my original astronomical image of Pickering's Triangle in Eastern Veil Nebula.
Blog post about the object can be seen HERE.
Monday, September 30, 2013
Visions of space
This is one of my artworks based on an original astronomical photograph shot be me.
Image belongs to a large series of unpublished images called Visions.
Vision
This image is based on my original astronomical image of IC 1340 in Eastern Veil Nebula.
Blog post about the IC 1340 can be seen HERE.
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Three experimental starless Oxygen emission images of the Veil nebula
I played with my older material, since the weather doesn't allow new projects.
This time I'm publishing three images of light emitted by an ionized Oxygen, O-III.
Images are closeups from the large supernova remnant in a constellation Cygnus, the Veil Nebula.
I wanted to see and show the actual structure of the nebula, due to that, stars are removed from each image.
Blue Lightning
Filaments in the Western Veil, Witch's Broom Nebula
A starless O-III channel. There is a one bright star left behind due to composition reasons.
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Blue Wing
A detail of the Veil Nebula, The Pickering's Triangle
A starless O-III channel
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An electric Nike of Samothrace
IC 1340 in Eastern veil Nebula
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Original images with all the data
Witch's Broom Nebula
Image is in visual spectrum from from the emission of ionized elements.
A light emitted by the ionized Oxygen can be seen as blue hues.
A light emitted by the ionized Oxygen can be seen as blue hues.
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Image is in mapped colors, from the emission of ionized elements, R=Sulfur, G=Hydrogen and B=Oxygen.
The Pickering's Triangle
A light emitted by the ionized Oxygen can be seen as blue hues.
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IC 1340
A light emitted by the ionized Oxygen can be seen as blue hues.
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Orientation
The areas of interest are marked as a white rectangle. The circle, size of the full Moon, shows the apparent scale in lower right corner.
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