Posts Tagged solar system

Our Solar System

Posted by Danielle in Picspam on August 20, 2010

Image credit: Licoti, licoti.deviantart.com

This fantastic artist’s rendition of the Solar System by Licoti is a bit of a download (18 Mb) but is well worth it! The image is 30,000 pixels wide, and shows all the planets (and Pluto!) and major satellites. There’s also a guided tour on YouTube, which makes a good thing even better! (Via SF Signal.)

illustration, solar system

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Retro Posters

Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture on January 8, 2010

These posters are actually new, made for the International Year of Astronomy last year. To me they’re a blast from the 70s and I love them all. (It was hard to choose just two to show you.) I saw them here, you can buy them here.

astronomy, iya09, posters, retro, solar system

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Sorted Solar System

Posted by Danielle in Picspam on June 23, 2009

Here’s an amazing image for you: All (known) Bodies in the Solar System Larger than 200 Miles in Diameter (there’s a lot of horizontal scrolling involved.) You can order it through Zazzle as a print, though even the largest size is only 6″ tall (and 52″ long), which makes me wonder how legible it would be. Maybe it’s better to download the screen version, which at 11,060 x 1,000 pixels is quite viewable! Below is a small snippet of it:

Detail, All (known) Bodies in the Solar System Larger than 200 Miles in Diameter

asteroids, planets, posters, satellites (moons), solar system

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Astro-philatelics, part 31

Posted by Danielle in Currency & Postage on September 17, 2008

A 1974 release from Paraguay, this stamp features the inner two-thirds of the solar system (incorrectly orbiting around the Earth), and commemorates the centennial anniversary of the UPU (of which they are proudly a member.)

solar system, stamps

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Solar System Travel Posters

Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture on August 29, 2008

Retro-Future Travel Posters to the Nine Planets

My husband pointed out this great blog post, featuring travel posters to other times and places, real and fictional. One of the artists showcased is Steve Thomas, whose solar system travel posters are simply captivating. These are but a few, and you can get them all (plus Rivendell!) in large-format calendar form for 2009! Fantastic stuff, I hope to see more from him soon!