theo-buckwald asked:
Whats wrong with u
I lost sight of things
How many stars in the universe?
The numbers are just unfathomable and can easily make anyone speechless.
Our brains are literally disappointing in visualizing numbers like a billion or a million. It is very difficult to reasonably imagine the age of the Earth or the ‘size’ of atoms. But that’s it; that’s what the Universe is. We can only stand in awe for what science can tell us about reality.
Sources and calculations: http://goo.gl/yp7sQm,http://goo.gl/su86mV
Before the computing era, ILM was the master of oil matte painting, making audiences believe that some of the sets in the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogy were real when they weren’t. They were the work of geniuses like Chris Evans, Michael Pangrazio, Frank Ordaz, Harrison Ellenshaw and Ralph McQuarrie ! Forever thank you, to their handmade art and the work of their colleagues, that made us dream of impossible worlds and fantastic places across Earth and the Universe.
There are more background paintings on this article, featuring comments by the masters/artists themselves !
Some of the following pieces were made by other artists:
Awesome.
Respect the craft.
Appropriate. Cheers, Pluto.
A beautiful Lulla-#PlutoFlyBy until tomorrow’s planetary engagement…
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