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UV Solar Images Are Pop Art Masterpiece

IrisMR — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:22:08 PST

@charliejane: It's easier to just go to [sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov] since these images are taken by SOHO.

Lots of neat little movies too.

IrisMR

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905 — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:41:59 PST

Space Porn fans might also like this site ([antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov]) which I have used as a browser start-up page for near on a decade now...

905

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Charlie Jane Anders — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:00:36 PST

@Daniel Rutter: Oh, you beat me to it!

Charlie Jane Anders

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Charlie Jane Anders — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:00:01 PST

@guesserit: You can go to the NASA web site and download the images, then make your own poster, if you have a big enough printer. The link is [umbra.nascom.nasa.gov], and I should have included it in my post. D'oh!

Charlie Jane Anders

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Daniel Rutter — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:39:56 PST

This picture looks like four of the SOHO spacecraft's Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) full-field images stuck together.

The four latest EIT full-field images can be found here; earlier images can be dug out of the directory structure here.

The full-res images are 1024 by 1024 pixels, so four of them would indeed make a pretty decent poster print. Many of them have missing pixel blocks, though (cue Richard Hoagland conspiracy theory in 3, 2, 1...), so perfectionists will either have to dig up four matching images with no missing blocks, or engage in a bit of Photoshop cheating.

Daniel Rutter

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Muerte99 — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:15:24 PST

I love these images. I printed very similar NASA pictures on photo paper, and have had them framed and hanging in my hall for years.

Muerte99

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guesserit — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:42:47 PST

Is there a way to download a higher def of this very pic, I'd like to make a poster out of it?

guesserit

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Lytspeed — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:11:23 PST

Charlie sez: "NASA channels Warhol ..."

Actually, I think this should be amended to "NASA channels Mike Wrathell, who was influenced by Warhol. Mike has been making art similar to this for years. See one of the Ultra-Renaissance space art pages for proof.

Lytspeed

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strider_mt2k — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:00:21 PST

That's poster worthy.

strider_mt2k

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alice — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:32:48 PST

so awesome :)

alice

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Seth L — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:54:09 PST

@charliejane:

Nopers, only on Gawker and Pajiba.

Seth L

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WickedGlee — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:11:11 PST

Spots.... I'm seeing spots...... wow, man! Like, far out!

WickedGlee

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Charlie Jane Anders — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:07:17 PST

Thanks! Hey Seth L, I keep wondering... you're not the Seth L from Gothic.net are you?

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Seth L — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:05:15 PST

So pretty

Seth L