The Mystic Pool, a set of certified bangers from Jon over at the Dungeonmapster discord. He does beautiful work!
When the New Horizons spacecraft arrived at Pluto in July of 2015, it represented NASA’s completion of the initial reconnaissance of the entire solar system. Pictured here are images of the eight planets, including the dwarf planet Pluto, gathered by various NASA missions over the past 26 years.
The Moon
The most ridiculously detailed" image of Earth’s lunar neighbor was a two-year project captured by two astrophotographers.
The 174-megapixel image, which shows the moon’s colors, craters and glowing aura in stunning detail, was first revealed on Reddit on Saturday. Through Reddit and Instagram, Andrew McCarthy, known for his breathtaking astrophotography skills, teamed up with planetary scientist and fellow photographer Connor Matherne, who has been acclaimed for his striking and vibrant photos of galaxies and nebulae.
The two previously worked together to create an incredible glowing and detailed image of the moon.
Scan from “Dragon Ball Anime Illustration Collection: The Golden Warrior”.
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Here’s a new visualization technology I created in 2021. This is the Luminous Cartographic Display: a physical 3D map with internal illumination that creates realistic renderings of terrain, day and night cycles, environmental phenomena, and data visualizations. The physical 3D map display renders ‘pixel art’ animations created in blender, combining GIS data, lighting specific to days of the year, satellite images, and animation created with physics sprites and manual pixel-by-pixel editing. The piece was designed and fabricated by Tactile Terrain (me, James Tyrwhitt-Drake) with assistance from Metrographics Art + Design. It features the area around Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada, and is on display at the Waterton Visitor Centre if you want to visit it. It is the most complex 3D map I have created to date. If you are curious about this piece or my other cartographic artwork, check out TactileTerrain.ca
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Controlled Access Highways across the US and the EU. Based on Google Maps traffic layer zoom level 5. Highways, Motorways, Expressways with at least two lanes, no traffic lights, no intersections, and no direct property access are included here. January 2023 data 🇺🇸🇪🇺🗺
by u/maps_us_eu
Volcanoes of the World, colored by number of known eruptions throughout history