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Cosmic Tree of Life 2.0, 546 million pixels, 32,400 x 16,872 x 300 dpi; a work in progress begun in 2002
Ferragallo used QFX digital tools drawing inspiration from science, astronomy and cosmology to present a cosmic art for a new age. |
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The successful launch of STS-129, Space Shuttle Atlantis on its way to the International Space Station. The shuttle launched at 2:28pm on November 16, 2009 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This gigapan was taken in a single shot, no post-production, capturing the launch as the second column shot. |
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Space Shuttle Discovery launches from Cape Canaveral, about 200 miles away from the Howard Park beach on Florida's west cost. |
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The Space Shuttle Endeavor is suspended under the Mate/Demate Device as it is prepared to be loaded on the 747 Carrier Aircraft at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Canter at Edwards Air Force Base just after sunset on December 5, 2008. |
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Beautifully lit at night, the shuttle is dazzling in the darkness of Kennedy Space Center. Some unfortunate movement of the GigaPan robot during the 0.5 second exposure ruined the otherwise glorious shot. |
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in McMinnville, OR
with the new IMAX and Space Museum buildings on the right (which are not yet in the Google Earth satellite picture data base) |
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Taken from the Roof of the Space Needle, 9/30.
View South and South West. |
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I downloaded this from http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/original/heic0710a.tif .
(I assume since the Hubble Space Telescope is owned by NASA which is government run that this image is in the public domain. If I'm incorrect please let me know.) |
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Here we see the shuttle Atlantis on pad 39-A one day before the launch of the Hubble Servicing Mission 4. It's just before sunset and we see the shuttle just free of the protective "Rotating Service Structure (RSS)" which has just been pivoted off to the left. The large water tank to the right of the launch pad is part of the sound suppression water system. For more info on Launch Complex 39, see http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/sts-lc39.html. For more on the Space Shuttle, see http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html |
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This is the press viewing area at Kennedy Space Center. The famous count-down clock is still the time standard of choice at the far end of the lawn. To the right of the clock, 3 miles distant, you can see Launch Complex 39A with Atlantis on the pad ready to service the Hubble Space Telescope. To the left of the clock, also 3 miles distant (the closest you can be to the launch pad), you can see Launch Complex 39B with Endeavour ready to mount a rescue mission should anything go wrong with Atlantis. The three tall towers are lightning arrestors. Next to the press area is the giant Vehicle Assembly Building where the shuttle and boosters are put together. For more information about Kennedy Space Center, see http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/home/index.html For more information about the Space Shuttle program, see http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html |