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    betty.black: Wait, James Cameron is Rusty Venture?!!! more »
    Torley: Anyone else have fond memories of the Psygnosis games that Roger Dean did art for? Even some of the title fonts... such distinctive, gorgeous swirls! more »
    Arryma: My Grandmother, of all people, had an original when I was younger. I have no idea how or where or why she acquired it (she liked religious music and ... more »
    OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: Im looking forward to Cameron's next movie set in the Court of the Crimson King. more »
    Derek Pegritz: Now, if the entire soundtrack to the film is classic '70s prog, I'll be positively giddy. more »
    gods-n-clods: You know James Cameron spent the better part of the early 1970s sitting around his bedroom seeding his herb using Yes albums perched in his lap. If he... more »
    schrodingers-katana: I just wanted to chime in to say how much I loved the bad-pun title of this article. Good times. more »
    Szin: "My name is Dean!" "That's no coincidence, boy!" more »
    Bill-Lee: Who hasn't looked at a Roger Dean painting and thought, "Why can't they make a movie that looks like that?" more »
    BlueLightRosie: I have a hard time trying to nail any down as the first time we have floating terrain. for my money the landscape in Avatar reminds me more of Dragon... more »
    jaredgibbs: Didn't Rusty Venture talk about the fact that prog rock births super scientists in a recent Venture Bros. episode? Maybe it also births super writer/d... more »
    Dimbo_Sama: I don't see a Yes cover in any of these, with possibly the exception of 10 or 28 but I wouldn't quote me on that. I do love Roger Dean though more »
    Lalei: I was just organizing my dad's collection of prog-rock vinyls yesterday and happened upon a few of his YES albums and looked at the cover artwork and ... more »
    Chip Overclock: I think Roger Dean's art was the first "coffee table" book I ever bought, way back in the 70s when I was a poor college student. I guess I'll have to ... more »
    reddingofish: The whole thing is just James Cameron's aspirations to be a rock star. more »
    Super Moose: Where might I find these in desktop wallpaper form? more »
    Ruthless, If you let me: I would like more than a few of these on my wall. more »
    if'n: The bizarre-as-hell cover art for "Fragile" kept my young mind zapped for years. more »
    revdrkevind: Avatar's design isn't terribly original in any aspect. It's more of a question if this particular artist was an influence. The answer is absolutely ye... more »
    Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies: I think the bigger story here is that Roger Dean, James Cameron and Rusty Venture are all tapping directly into the Source-Mind. What do these three ... more »
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    Did Prog Rock's Greatest Artist Inspire Avatar? All Signs Point To Yes

    James Cameron spent years creating Avatar's floating islands and crazy dragons, and then an army of concept artists brought them to life. But maybe they had some inspiration from somewhere else? Like classic album-cover artist Roger Dean? Behold the evidence. More »
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  • #megageoengineering

    The Gold Smelting Factory of Kyrgyzstan

    This gigantic tool is an ore-grinding machine at the Kumtore gold mine, the largest in Central Asia. The mine clings to the side of the Tien Shien mountain range, 4200 meters above sea level in Issyk Kul Province, Kyrgyzstan. Want to see the process of smelting gold up there in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan? More »