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Posts marked astro

Inspirational space prints from the hairbrainedschemes Etsy store.

Elegant star maps by Stellavie Design

Another day at the beach with collage artist Lynn Skordal

Mother Earth Sister Moon by Joanna Malinowska and Christian Tomaszewski 

About the project:

The project explores how the future was imagined under the Communist regimes of the former Soviet Bloc by investigations through the lenses of architecture, music, fashion and style. The project also incorporates other elements related to a diverse range of Eastern Block phenomena, including the Soviet space program, sci-fi film and literature, and a journey to the site of the mysterious 1908 explosion over the Tunguska River Valley in central Siberia.

The research concerning these various elements manifests itself as a giant reconstruction of the suit worn by the first woman in space, Russian astronaut Valentina Tereshkova. This suit pays tribute to the sculpture Hon-en Katedral, an enormous female figure conceived by Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm in 1966. 

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Milky Way Over Quiver Tree Forest photo series by Florian Breuer

These spectacular images of space are brought to you by Terry Hancock of the Down Under Observatory.

Stunning star trails by Kane Gledhill

Stunning auroras captured by Babak Tafreshi

Discover the stars with photographer Jack Fusco.

Illustrations by Budi Satria Kwan on Society6

Stunning space imagery by digital artist EspenBaalerud 

Inspiring photography by Ben Canales

Russian photographer Marat Akhmetaleyev captured these amazing images of the Chebarkul meteorite that recently fell there.

Looking up looks so good in the photography of Gregory Gibbs