Showing posts with label moon images. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moon images. Show all posts
Monday, July 19, 2021
Voices of Apollo 11
@FORBES
"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
Click for the larger version of 2500 x 2500 pixels.
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.
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Grayscale Wonders part II
All the photos, I have published, are taken with a grayscale astronomical camera. Each color channel is shot separately and then combined to RGB color image. Since I'm doing only narrowband imaging due the extensive light pollution color channels are are emission line images. Most of the time I'm capturing three emission lines hydrogen, sulfur and oxygen. (H-alpha, S-II and O-III)
Usually most of the details are in hydrogen alpha emission line. Gray scale images can be really beautiful and many times I personally like them best. I will publish now some of my images from this winter season as a grayscale compositions. This is a part II of Grayscale Wonders, part one can be seen here, https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2020/04/greyscale-wonders.html
Please, open the full size photo by clicking the image, it's really worth it!
A two frame mosaic photo of Sharpless 205, NGC 1491 and Lynds Bright Nebula 696
Image details and a mapped color version can be found here,
https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-two-frame-mosaic-photo-of-sharpless.html
nebula in visual colors can be seen here,
https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2020/03/sharpless-205-ngc-1491-and-lynds-bright.html
Great Mosaic of Cepheus
Image details and a mapped color version can be found here,
https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2020/03/great-mosaic-of-cepheus.html
Great Mosaic of Auriga
Image details and a mapped color version can be found here,
https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-grande-mosaic-of-auriga.html
https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-two-frame-mosaic-photo-of-sharpless.html
nebula in visual colors can be seen here,
https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2020/03/sharpless-205-ngc-1491-and-lynds-bright.html
Great Mosaic of Cepheus
https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2020/03/great-mosaic-of-cepheus.html
Great Mosaic of Auriga
https://astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-grande-mosaic-of-auriga.html
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Two high resolution, cinemascope format, panoramas from my astro photos
I have worked with a cinemascope format movie for a movie theatre presentation from my photos. This is an extra wide ~21:9 format used in theaters. The actual film is not ready yet but I have some of my images converted to this ultra wide format. I think they will look great at a large movie screen! I'll publish some of individual panoramic format photos here, images are downscaled for the web.
Half a Moon with a 3D twist
Please, be sure to click for a full resolution images, ~2600 x 1200 pixels
Image details can be seen HERE
Lagoon Nebula
Please, be sure to click for a full resolution images, ~2600 x 1200 pixels
Image details can be seen HERE
Published sets of cinemascope format astro images
http://www.astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2016/02/more-high-resolution-cinemascope-format.html
http://www.astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2016/02/high-resolution-cinemascope-format.html
http://www.astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2016/02/cinemascope-format-panoramas-from-my.html
http://www.astroanarchy.blogspot.fi/2016/02/i-have-worked-with-cinemascope-format.html
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Cinemascope format panoramas from my astro photos
I have worked with a cinemascope format movie for a movie theatre presentations from my photos. This is an extra wide ~21:9 format used in theaters. The actual film is not ready yet but I have some of my images converted to this ultra wide format. I think they will look great at a large movie screen! I'll publish some of panoramic format photos here, images are downscaled for the web.
Flying Dragon nebula, Sh2-114
Please, be sure to click for a full resolution, ~2600 x 1200 pixels
Half a Moon
Please, be sure to click for a full resolution, ~2600 x 1200 pixels
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Moon images from new point of view, set II
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I'm a deep sky photographer and the Moon usually is just an other form of light pollution to me.
The Moon can be a source of inspiration too. (An sometimes good for romantic feelings, I have been told...)
As an astronomical photographer I started with Moon images, as so many do. The 3D-transformation technique of mine gives a possibility to see the Moon from an angle not seen from Earth. This brings a new life to an old Moon image back from 2004.
In this series, some major features in full Moon are seen directly overhead
3D-twisted image, Mare Imbrium seen directly overhead.
3D-twisted image, Crater Tycho seen directly overhead.
3D-twisted image, Mare Crisium seen directly overhead.
3D-twisted image, Crater Stevinus seen directly overhead.
3D-twisted image, Craters Copernicus and Kepler, at lower Right center, seen directly overhead.
At previous post, you will see why I'm playing with old Moon images...
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Moon images from a new point of view
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"Surface" view to half a Moon
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Moon images in this post looks kind of odd...
They are real images of the moon, imaged by me years ago, showing a half Moon with the Earth shine.
(Shadowed side of the Moon get lit by the light reflected from the Earths atmosphere, hence the bluish color)
Actually you can't see the Moon from Earth at this angle!
Images are done by re projecting the moon image to a sphere made by a 3D-software. After that you can select any new viewpoint to a Moon, as long as the point of interest stays on the visible side of the Moon. It's kind of having a private Moon orbiter.
I like this method, since the actual image data stays practically untouched, it just get seen from an other angle.
Images are done by re projecting the moon image to a sphere made by a 3D-software. After that you can select any new viewpoint to a Moon, as long as the point of interest stays on the visible side of the Moon. It's kind of having a private Moon orbiter.
I like this method, since the actual image data stays practically untouched, it just get seen from an other angle.
I developed this technique back in 2005. At the time it gets published by the "Sky & Telescope" magazine.
(J-P Metsävainio, A New Way of Looking at the Moon. Sky & Telescope, Jan 2005, p 142-146.)
I have made several short movies with this technique, here are some links to them:
This movie shows the principle of the technique used:
Please note. To see the movies at full resolution, click the HD-resolution selector at the lower Right corner of the Youtube Window. Double click the movie window to see the movie in full screen.
A Moon surface image series, converted from an image at top of the page.
"Fly over the terminator zone"
Saturday, May 1, 2010
An anaglyph FullMoon
D-images are made by creating artificial parallax to an image. The volumetric models are based on some known scientific facts and an artistic impression.
Original 2D-image of the Full Moon:
Other experiments with Moon images:
Monday, June 8, 2009
Moon Surface Movie from 2D-image
One full resolution (1280x720)frame from the HD-movie-
New test, this time more relief effect on the Moon surface.
It's nice to see how much information there is in simple 2D-image!
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To see this video in HD, please klick This LINK and select the HD option from the player.
HINT!
To see a smooth video in HD, please, press a pause button and let the movie load before play it.
More experiments with a 3D-transform.
I did some new test videos with a 3D-transform technique.
The same 2D-moon image has been used as previous posts.
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Wider view flight over the Termintor Zone from Pole to Pole. To see this video in HD, please klick This LINK and select the HD option from the player. HINT!
To see a smooth video in HD, please, press a pause button and let the movie load before play it.
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Closeup flight over the Terminator Zone.
To see this video in HD, please klick This LINK and select the HD option from the player. HINT! To see a smooth video in HD, please, press a pause button and let the movie load before play it
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
LPOD, "TWIRLING WORLD"
My movies about the Lunar 3D-transform was selected as a "Lunar Photo Of the Day"
An article by Chuck Wood.
Klick the image to see the article in LPOD.
Monday, June 1, 2009
How to, 3D-Moon movie.
This vide shows how to 3D-transform is made from a 2D-image of the Moon.
The image is reprojected back to spherical 3D-surface.
It makes possible to see details from a limb area of the Moon, otherwise burried by the perspective distortion.
Real shape of the craters can now be seen.
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In the Video, there is first a normal, high resolution, image of the Full moon.
Secondly the image is projected back to a sphere.
After that, the vantagepoint can be freely selected from the Space, as long as the target stays at the area visible in the original 2D-image!
To see this video in HD, please klick This LINK and select the HD option from the player. HINT! To see a smooth video in HD, please, press a pause button and let the movie load before play it. You can download the original HD wmv movie from HERE. The original 2D image can be seen HERE.
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As I mentioned some ealier post, I have done this kind of experiments few years back.
At the time I did only still images.
One of them was selected as a LPOD (lunar Picture Of the Day).
this was my very first LPOD.
It can be found here:
Thursday, May 28, 2009
New Video material from astrotargets
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All Videos are now in HD format! To see the video in HD, please, use the YouTube Link. Or Download the Video in true 1280x720 pixels format from the links provided.
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This material is made by reprojecting 2D-images to a 3D-surface.
Then this 3D-model is animated to a movie file.
In the result, we can select an other vantage point from the Space
and see an old target from a new perspective!
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NOTE
Only original, high resolution, 2d images are used to make videos.
Nothing has been added or removed from them!
Only our vantagepoint in a Space has been manimuplated.
You really should download the full resolution HD-movie
from the link provided to see it in full glory!
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A JOURNEY TROUGH THE STARS OF OUR HOME GALAXY TO A DIRECTION OF THE ANDROMEDA
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To see this video in HD, please klick This LINK and select the HD option from the player.
HINT! To see a smooth video in HD, please, press a pause button and let the movie load before play it.
You can download the original HD wmv movie from HERE.
The original 2D image can be seen HERE.
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THE HALF MOON, FLIGHT AROUND THE RIM To see this video in HD, please klick This LINK and select the HD option from the player.
HINT! To see a smooth video in HD, please, press a pause button and let the movie load before play it.
You can download the original HD wmv movie from HERE.
The original 2D image can be seen HERE.
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- THE MOON, FLIGHT OVER THE TERMINATOR ZONE FROM POLE TO POLE To see this video in HD, please klick This LINK and select the HD option from the player.
HINT! To see a smooth video in HD, please, press a pause button and let the movie load before play it. You can download the original HD wmv movie from HERE. The original 2D image can be seen HERE. - -
THE FLIGHT AROUND THE RIM OF THE FULL MOON
To see this video in HD, please klick This LINK and select the HD option from the player.
HINT! To see a smooth video in HD, please, press a pause button and let the movie load before play it.
You can download the original HD wmv movie from HERE.
The original 2D image can be seen HERE.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Fly me to the Moon!
I recently bought a private Lunar orbiter to shoot some videos from the Moon!!!
It's much like a KAGUYA (SELENE) orbiter but more advanced.
Not really, animations here are made by reprojecting 2D-Moon image to a 3D-ball.
Animation is then calculated in 3D-software (TrueSpace from Galigari)
In this animation we are flying over the terminator zone of the half Moon.
On the Left side the Earth shine effect can be seen as a Bluish hue.
The online Video quality is very low doe the compression algorithm,
please, download a high resolution video to see it in full glory.
A higher resolution Video can be downloaded from HERE.
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An other video from the same 2D-material.
In this Video we are flying closer to a surface of the termintor zone.
A higher resolution Video can be downloaded from HERE.
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The original 2D-image can be seen HERE.
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Full Moon as an animation
In this animation we are flying 360 degrees around the termination zone of the Full Moon.
A higher resolution Video can be downloaded from HERE.
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Original 2D-image of the Full Moon can be seen HERE.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Moon, an inspiration and passion.
This image of Full Moon is litle different now!
Klick to see it in full scale.
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The original Moon image and the others can be found here:
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The text is borrowed from various scientific publications, about the Moon, around the web.
A grobbed part of the poster, to see the text.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Moon Images from 2004-2006
I have had few images in famous LPOD
http://www.lpod.org/
I have had an article about Moon 3D transformation in Sky & Telescope.
(J-P Metsavainio, A New Way of Looking at the Moon. Sky & Telescope, Jan 2005, p 142-146.)
Here is a few sample images from the past.
Moon at day time
Eclipse serie from 2007
Below last three images at 50% scale.
Full Moon
half a Moon with Earth shine
Earth Shine in three day old Moon
Moon from different vantage points forms a Rose.
This image is made with my tehnique precented in Sky & Telescope Jan 2005
One more sample about 3D transformation of the Moon.
The limb of the Moon is seen from abowe in upper part of the image
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