Friday, January 24, 2014

the art of astrophysics

MIT has initiated a contest called the art of astrophysics so you can share your views of just how beautiful the universe can be.   categories are:  data visualization, movies and animation, astrophotography, painting/drawing/print, poetry/music/rap, sculpture, timelapse photography, dancing, fiber arts. 


now for some inspiration and then get submitting!





DATA VISUALIZATION



MOVIES & ANIMATION
the original eames Powers of Ten video (1977)





ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY
The Big Picture as featured on APOD.

Credit: Dennis di Cicco/Sean Walker



PAINTING, DRAWING, and PRINT

Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh



SCULPTURE
The Humble Telescope (link)




TIMELAPSE PHOTOGRAPHY



POETRY, MUSIC, & RAP
"Pluto, the Previous Planet" hacked together in one day by astropixie and the transneptunian objectors at dotAstronomy 3.




DANCING




FIBER ARTS

Crochet model of hyperbolic plane by Daina Taimina





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