{"id":12664,"date":"2008-02-17T11:32:39","date_gmt":"2008-02-17T11:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnackdev\/2008\/02\/digital-imaging-in-and-of-space.html"},"modified":"2008-02-17T11:32:39","modified_gmt":"2008-02-17T11:32:39","slug":"digital_imaging_in_and_of_space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/17\/digital_imaging_in_and_of_space\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital imaging in, and of, space"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Is there a sculpture of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com\/2300-11397_3-6227262.html?tag=nl.e434\">Man on Mars<\/a>?&#160; Not really, but the illusion is cool.&#160; Of course, anthropomorphic stone formations are also found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2008\/01\/24\/stone-faces.html\">closer to home<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Virgin Galactic has unveiled the brilliant Burt Rutan&#8217;s elegant <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/photos\/spaceshiptwo-white-knight-two-designs-unveiled\/603322\/\">SpaceShipTwo<\/a>.&#160; Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/news.thomasnet.com\/IMT\/archives\/2008\/01\/new_spaceshiptwo_whiteknight2_designs_unveiled_for_space_tourism.html?WT.mc_t=blg&amp;WT.mc_n=blg0108&amp;channel=email\">more info<\/a> on the efforts. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/object_culture\/newlydesigned_craft_for_space_tourists_8767.asp\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<li>Bring on the nuclear tricycles! Air&amp;Space Mag features <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airspacemag.com\/issues\/2008\/december-january\/FEATURE-Lunar_Losers.php\">alternative lunar vehicles<\/a> that didn&#8217;t quite make the cut. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2008\/01\/16\/lunar-vehicles-that.html\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<li>CNET talks about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com\/2300-11397_3-6220707.html\">lightning strikes on Venus,<\/a> as well as how the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has helped <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com\/2300-11397_3-6222411.html?tag=nl.e434\">explain bizarre Mars textures<\/a> using stereoscopic imaging.&#160; The also point out the dusty Mars rover <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com\/2300-11397_3-6222461.html?tag=nl.e434\">finding evidence of water.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Hubble recently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/2008\/01\/10\/hubble-sees-a-double-einstein-ring\/\">captured a double Einstein ring<\/a>.&#160; An <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Einstein_ring\">Einstein ring<\/a> occurs when light from one body is deflected into a ring by another body, such as a black hole.&#160; In this case, the effect required three galaxies to be perfectly aligned. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\/remainder\/08\/01\/14797.html\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<li>Scientists have now turned up a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/02\/15\/science\/space\/15planets.html?th&amp;emc=th\">smaller version of our solar system<\/a> using &quot;a trick of Einsteinian gravity called microlensing.&quot;<\/li>\n<li>On a level I can understand more directly, dig this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atmostheory.com\/projects\/the_solar_system\/index.htm\">Solar System typography<\/a> from Christopher David Ryan. [<a href=\"http:\/\/ffffound.com\/image\/53f69c214c94957214e7d4f0a021b295ddf71e69\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<li>The NYT <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/02\/05\/science\/space\/05spotters.html?_r=1&amp;hp&amp;oref=slogin\">reports on<\/a> amateur &quot;satellite spotters&quot; who track the motion of satellites &amp; share their findings on the Net. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2008\/02\/05\/satellite-spotters.html\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>MSNBC&#8217;s has posted their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/22200935\">top space photos of the year<\/a>, while National Geographic has shared their <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2007\/12\/photogalleries\/space-pictures\/index.html\">top science images of the year<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is there a sculpture of a Man on Mars?&#160; Not really, but the illusion is cool.&#160; Of course, anthropomorphic stone formations are also found closer to home. Virgin Galactic has unveiled the brilliant Burt Rutan&#8217;s elegant SpaceShipTwo.&#160; Here&#8217;s more info on the efforts. [Via] Bring on the nuclear tricycles! 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