Pluto Flyby Already Inspiring Artists
As the probe whizzes past, paint is already being dabbed, splattered and scumbled.The Pluto flyby is astounding everyone including artists.
[post header image at right by Stella Maria Baer]
Painting influenced by scientific discoveries has a long history we should explore some more one day here on Symbiartic. For now, here are a few works of #sciart that really stoodout to me on Twitter, marking this historic event and the images from the NASA team and the New Horizons probe.
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http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/symbiartic/pluto-flyby-already-inspiring-artists/
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Pluto Rocks!!!!!
That's for sure, so does the artist....
What? No Goofy, Mickey or Minnie?
Otherwise far out like 9 years far out.
And to think the millennials wanted to lose Pluto as a planet. They are getting some great shots.
Oh Mac...you are too funny!!
Kavika
It is time for a petition to restore Planet status to Pluto!
Glad you liked the pics thanks for the feedback
Nona
It is a group of different artists, the pictures were collected for the article
Glad you liked them
A Mac
I think the connection to Mickey and Disney was an early attraction to the planet
And you are right it is long way out for sure
I saw somewhere that the U.S. has now visited all the planets in the solar system with exploration vehicles
Larry
No doubt is time to march for planet status for Pluto!
Glad you liked the pictures thanks for the feedback
It is a group of different artists, the pictures were collected for the article OOPS!
Well, this is one group of very talented artists.
I agree
Petition hell, we're marching on Washington. or somewhere.
Our voices will be heard. ''Pluto Rocks''...
I believe the orange coloring of the Disney character Pluto was based on that of the planet.
Here's something interesting
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It's been years since I taught a course in basic astronomy, but I vaguely recall explaining that Pluto was discovered because of an alteration (a "perturbation") in the orbit of the planet Neptune. That caused astronomers to look for some celestial object whose gravitational influence might be pulling Neptune's elliptical path a bit off of it's predicted course.
The search led to Pluto's discovery the culprit so-to-speak.
Goofy's discovery was a whole 'nother situation.
A Mac
Totally appreciate the feedback and the details on the discovery and the anecdotal info on the coloring of a favorite Disney character.
Thanks
I am so glad that I have lived long enough to see the fly-by of Pluto! It looks like a planet to me...
When I got my first telescope in 1963, so little was known about Pluto, that it was considered to be just a rock out there. Now, we can see its roundness! (For some reason, I imagined it to be shaped differently, more like a rock.)
Certainly beautiful!
Dowser
Thanks for the feedback
I agree - it will always be a planet to me.
I have loved astronomy and the solar systems and space exploration since I was a kid and built a solar system out of Styrofoam balls (which I painted based on pictures in the encyclopedia) and wire coat hangers -it was for the science fair and dad had to take me and it to school in his truck that day.