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One of four prints I’ll have at SPACE! The Gallery Show this Friday at Gallery 1988: WEST. Be there or be somewhere significantly less awesome. 

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piece above by Bennett Slater.

Gallery1988 (WEST) is proud to announce that this Friday, June 21st, we will open “SPACE: The Gallery Show,” a group exhibit curated by artist Mike Mitchell. The show, which will celebrate the past, present & future of space exploration and the awesomeness that is the universe, will feature over 50 amazing artists all working in many different mediums. The show will feature new artwork from G1988 regulars like Mitchell, Scott C., Andrew DeGraff, Olly Moss, N.C. Winters and Justin White, but also include new names to the gallery, like Jeffrey Brown, Dave Correia, John Martz and Emily Partridge.

This show promises to be new, unique and memorable - and people may want to get to the gallery early for “first in line giveaways.” 

 

The opening reception is THIS FRIDAY, from 7-10 PM. The night will also be hosted by Bobak Ferdowsi, everyone’s favorite Systems Engineer! 

 

All the work will then go online the next afternoon for viewing and purchase at gallery1988.com.

 

The show will run through July 20th.

Oh yeah! 

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You guys, I am thrilled to finally share this with you. It’s the first time I’ve ever curated a show, and it’s a theme that I’m very passionate about. Take a gander at the artist list, get yourself pumped up and come to the show, it’s going to be a stellar time. 

"The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides."

— Carl Sagan

"Decide in your heart of hearts what really excites and challenges you, and start moving your life in that direction. Every decision you make, from what you eat to what you do with your time tonight, turns you into who you are tomorrow, and the day after that. Look at who you want to be, and start sculpting yourself into that person. You may not get exactly where you thought you’d be, but you will be doing things that suit you in a profession you believe in. Don’t let life randomly kick you into the adult you don’t want to become."

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Astronaut Chris Hadfield’s answer to the question “Any advice to a young person who wants to get into this field?”, from his spectacular reddit IAmA 

This is about as good as advice can get. Really inspiring. 

Ric Kaner set out to find a new way to make graphene, the thinnest and strongest material on earth. What he found was a new way to power the world.

This is the best accident since Corn Flakes!

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Galaxy M106, taken by the Hubble Telescope. 

Take a minute out of your day and just stare in amazement. Try for a second to contemplate it’s vastness, at 135,000 Light Years across. Light travels at 186,000 miles or roughly 7 times around the earth PER SECOND. 

If this doesn’t quench your curiosity, check out the ultra high resolution. Unreal.

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STOP, READ, LOOK.

It may not look like much at first glance, but this is one of the cooler things I’ve seen in a while. This is a photo featuring the moon Phobos, taken by the Curiosity Rover from the surface of Mars during the day. 

Why the moon hoax would have been impossible. 

Arm yourself, with KNOWLEDGE!

The ability to go in my backyard and snap a picture like this makes me very thankful to be living in an age where such things are possible. 

I look forward to the day when I can take much better photos, but for now this will do. 

I’ve been waiting since about September to see Saturn and I’m so stoked it’s back, even if it means going outside in the cold at 5 in the morning to look at it.

The picture itself is a bit out of focus, grainy, etc. but I’m pretty happy with it. You can see the planet itself casting shadows on the ring system on the bottom left. 

This picture was taken using a Rebel through my 18” Dobsonian. 

This is REALLY awesome. A fairly detailed tour of the International Space Station. 

Don’t have 25 minutes? Watch my favorite part which starts here.

The Strange World of Nanoscience - narrated by Stephen Fry

17 minutes of brain churning knowledge with a double axle mind blow at the end. 

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Infrared image of Uranus which shows its faint ring system.

In my opinion, one of the best things humanity has captured on video. Done in 1979 by Voyager 1 as it approached Jupiter. 

(Source: pcrastello)