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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Turning Science into Art

This week I've been doing alot of research about the relationship between art and science, and in particular the ways in which the lines between these two apparent polar opposites can very easily become blurred. To most people this seems a little far fetched, but if you take a closer look at the subject you begin to see the ways in which they have inspired one another throughout the centuries. From Renaissance studies of the anatomy to the landscape artists that accompanied Captain Cook on his voyages around the world in the 18th century, artists have been turning scientific imagery into art for years.

Leonardo Da Vinci's detailed drawings of the shoulder muscles, bones and tendons.

A perfect example of this intriguing relationship is the video below, released by NASA earlier this week and created by a team of astronauts currently serving on the International Space Station. The piece is a time-lapse video captured during a fly-over of Earth, and shows some amazing footage of a number of different light shows, both natural and man-made. Keep an eye out for the lightning storms, which are particularly awesome!


Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.

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