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Photographed 4.5 km north of (13 km by road from) Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (Ayers Rock), Northern Territory, Australia, between 22.00 and 22.15 CAST (Central Australia Standard Time)
* Observing site: Long. 131.07° E. | Lat. 25.22° S. | Elev. 501 m
* Altitude of centre of nebula at time of exposures: ~55°
* Total exposure time: 14 minutes
* 660 mm focal length telescope
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Description:
One of the most prominent, largest, brightest and well known nebulae in the sky is the Lagoon Nebula, which is a favourite target of amateur astronomers with modest telescopes.
From Wikipedia: "The Lagoon Nebula ... is a giant interstellar cloud ... classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region. [It] was discovered by Giovanni Hodierna before 1654 and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the eye from mid-northern latitudes. Seen with binoculars, it appears as a distinct oval cloudlike patch with a definite core. Within the nebula is the open cluster NGC 6530.
The Lagoon Nebula is estimated to be between 4,000-6,000 light-years away from the Earth. In the sky of Earth, it spans 90' by 40', which translates to an actual dimension of 110 by 50 light years. ... The nebula contains a number of Bok globules (dark, collapsing clouds of protostellar material), the most prominent of which have been catalogued by E. E. Barnard as B88, B89 and B296."
For a version of this photo WITHOUT LABELS, click on your screen to the LEFT of the photo, or click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/49280286667
Here is a photo of the gear that used for astrophotography on this trip:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/49017804808
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Technical information:
Nikon D810a camera body on Tele Vue 127is (127 mm - 5" - diameter) apochromatic astrograph, mounted on iOptron CEM40 equatorial mount
Fourteen stacked subframes - each frame:
ISO 5000; 1 minute exposure at f/5.2, 660 mm focal length, unguided
Subframes stacked in RegiStar;
Processed in Photoshop CS6 (brightness, contrast, levels, colour balance)
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During the period from 1962 to 1963 Twombly's paintings and their historical referents assumed a much more somber and anxious tone, as Twombly took up a panoply of historical assassinations as his point of departure-a shift perhaps reflective of the darkening mood of the early 1960s, which witnessed the Cuban Missile crisis and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Produced in the winter of 1963, the painting cycle Nine Discourses on Commodus serves as a summation of this agonized and singular phase in his career. The cycle is based on the cruelty, insanity, and eventual murder of the Roman emperor Aurelius Commodus (161–192 CE). Conflict, opposition, and tension dominate the paintings' composition. Two whorls of matter hold the central focus of each piece, ranging in mood from serene, cloudlike structures to bleeding wounds and culminating in a fiery apotheosis in the final panel. Despite the paintings' intrinsic aesthetics of chaos and instability, a tightly controlled armature governs their composition. The gray background acts as a negative space to counterbalance the bloody whirls of paint and scabs of congealed impasto. Over this neutral backdrop, the line that runs along the middle of the paintings serves as a guiding mark to subdivide the composition. Many of the Commodus paintings also feature numerical sequences, often articulating the grids, graphs, and geometric axes that form the paintings' skeleton.
The Commodus paintings were first exhibited at Leo Castelli Gallery in New York in March 1964, appearing before an American audience still in the thrall of Pop art and Minimalism. In this context, Twombly's messy and esoteric Commodus paintings seemed severely out of place and out of date. They attracted scathing reviews, which tellingly focused on Twombly's absence from the New York art scene, implying his abandonment of the United States and carrying the distinctly chauvinistic subtext that these paintings had been imported from "old Europe." Given their intrinsic reliance on narrative and sequence, it can hardly have helped the situation that the Commodus paintings were installed in a jumbled and confused order at Castelli Gallery, leaving their overall trajectory undecipherable.
EQ8 TS 130mm APO, Baader RGB & Ha, ASI ZWO 6200mm-pro - about 20 mins data. DSS, Cs6, Pixinsight
The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, NGC 6523, Sharpless 25, RCW 146, and Gum 72) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region.
The Lagoon Nebula was discovered by Giovanni Hodierna before 1654[4] and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the eye from mid-northern latitudes. Seen with binoculars, it appears as a distinct oval cloudlike patch with a definite core. Within the nebula is the open cluster NGC 6530.[5]
The Lagoon Nebula is estimated to be between 4,000-6,000 light-years away from the Earth. In the sky of Earth, it spans 90' by 40', which translates to an actual dimension of 110 by 50 light years. Like many nebulas, it appears pink in time-exposure color photos but is gray to the eye peering through binoculars or a telescope, human vision having poor color sensitivity at low light levels. The nebula contains a number of Bok globules (dark, collapsing clouds of protostellar material), the most prominent of which have been catalogued by E. E. Barnard as B88, B89 and B296. It also includes a funnel-like or tornado-like structure caused by a hot O-type star that emanates ultraviolet light, heating and ionizing gases on the surface of the nebula. The Lagoon Nebula also contains at its centre a structure known as the Hourglass Nebula (so named by John Herschel), which should not be confused with the better known Engraved Hourglass Nebula in the constellation of Musca. In 2006 the first four Herbig–Haro objects were detected within the Hourglass, also including HH 870. This provides the first direct evidence of active star formation by accretion within it.[2]
The Trifid Nebula (catalogued as Messier 20 or M20 and as NGC 6514) is an H II region in the north-west of Sagittarius in a star-forming region in a nearby spiral arm's Scutum-centered part.[3] It was discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764.[4] Its name means 'three-lobe'. The object is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars, an emission nebula (a relatively dense, red-yellow portion), a reflection nebula (the mainly NNE blue portion), and a dark nebula (the apparent 'gaps' in the former that cause the trifurcated appearance also designated Barnard 85). Viewed through a small telescope, the Trifid Nebula is a bright and peculiar object, and is thus a perennial favorite of amateur astronomers.[5]
The most massive star that has formed in this region is HD 164492A, an O7.5III star with a mass more than 20 times the mass of the Sun.[6] This star is surrounded by a cluster of approximately 3100 young stars.[7] -Wikipedia
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Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
between 00.28 and 00.54 EDT
(285 km by road north of Toronto)
* Altitude of centre of frame at time of exposures: ~19°
* Temperature 7° C.
* Total exposure time: 12 minutes
* 660 mm focal length telescope
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Description:
M8, the Lagoon Nebula (right side of the frame)
One of the most prominent, large, bright and well known nebulae in the sky is the Lagoon Nebula (M8), which is a favourite target of amateur astronomers with modest telescopes.
From Wikipedia: "The Lagoon Nebula ... is a giant interstellar cloud ... classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region. [It] was discovered by Giovanni Hodierna before 1654 and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the eye from mid-northern latitudes. Seen with binoculars, it appears as a distinct oval cloudlike patch with a definite core. Within the nebula is the open cluster NGC 6530.
The Lagoon Nebula is estimated to be between 4,000-6,000 light-years away from the Earth. In the sky of Earth, it spans 90' by 40', which translates to an actual dimension of 110 by 50 light years. ... The nebula contains a number of Bok globules (dark, collapsing clouds of protostellar material), the most prominent of which have been catalogued by E. E. Barnard as B88, B89 and B296."
M20, the Trifid Nebula (upper left side of the frame)
Lying just to the north of the large Lagoon Nebula is M20, the Trifid Nebula in the constellation Sagittarius (The Archer). The Trifid is unusual in consisting of both a red emission nebula (ionized hydrogen gas) and a fainter blue reflection nebula. It lies about 5,200 light years from our solar system.
From Wikipedia:
"The Trifid Nebula (catalogued as Messier 20 or M20 and as NGC 6514) is an H II region located in Sagittarius. It was discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764. Its name means 'divided into three lobes'. The object is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars; an emission nebula (the lower, red portion), a reflection nebula (the upper, blue portion) and a dark nebula (the apparent 'gaps' within the emission nebula that cause the trifurcated appearance; these are also designated Barnard 85). Viewed through a small telescope, the Trifid Nebula is a bright and peculiar object, and is thus a perennial favorite of amateur astronomers.
The Trifid Nebula is a star-forming region in the Scutum spiral arm of the Milky Way. The most massive star that has formed in this region is HD 164492A, an O7.5III star with a mass more than 20 times the mass of the Sun. This star is surrounded by a cluster of approximately 3100 young stars."
To the lower left of the Trifid is the open star cluster M21.
For a version of this photo WITHOUT LABELS, click on the LEFT of your screen, or click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/50019465362
To see a wider angle view this and other adjacent nebulae, photographed in Australia in Sept. 2019, click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/49183970671
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Technical information:
Nikon D810a camera body on Tele Vue 127is (127 mm - 5" - diameter) apochromatic astrograph, mounted on Astrophysics 1100GTO equatorial mount
Twelve stacked frames; each frame:
660 mm focal length
ISO 2500; 1 minute exposure at f/5.2; unguided
With long exposure noise reduction
Subframes stacked in RegiStar;
Processed in Photoshop CS6 (levels, brightness / contrast, colour desaturation, sharpening)
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The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, and as NGC 6523) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region. The Lagoon Nebula was discovered by Guillaume Le Gentil in 1747 and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the naked eye from mid-northern latitudes. Seen with binoculars, it appears as a distinct oval cloudlike patch with a definite core. A fragile star cluster appears superimposed on it.
Exposures
- lights: 10 30sec @ 800 iso f3.5
- lights: 24 60sec @ 800 iso f3.5
- lights: 6 60sec @ 1600 iso f3.5
- lights: 5 90sec @ 1600 iso f3.5
- lights 4 120sec @1600 iso f3.5
- darks: none
- flats: none
Total 49 frames, 50.5 minutes of light
Optical Path
- Stellarvie SV105-3SV
- SFF7-3SV Field Flattener
- Canon 550D (T2i) Full Spectrum Mod by Gary Honis
- Astronomik L-UV/IR Filter
Mount - Cellestron CGEM
Image Capture
- non-guided
- Nebulosity 3
Image Stacking - Deep Sky Stacker
Image Processing - Adobe Lightroom 4
Operating System - Windows 8 64bit
Ah, the layers... the water's surface shimmering and shining.
The world above reflecting and waving. The world below... small blue cichlids floating amidst cloudlike grasses.
The perfection of Mother Nature's design.
See my set, Reflections on Miami Beach.
Noctilucent clouds, also known as polar mesospheric clouds, are bright cloudlike atmospheric phenomena visible in a deep twilight. The name means roughly "night shining" in Latin. They are most commonly observed in the summer months at latitudes between 50° and 70° north and south of the equator.
They are the highest clouds in the Earth's atmosphere, located in the mesosphere at altitudes of around 85 km, and are visible only when illuminated by sunlight from below the horizon while the ground and lower layers of the atmosphere are in the Earth's shadow; otherwise they are too faint to be seen. Noctilucent clouds are a not fully understood meteorological phenomenon. Clouds generally are not able to reach such high altitudes, especially under such thin air pressures.
From Wikipedia
Chrysothamnus naseosus -- Rubber Rabbitbrush in Montana ... these are the seedheads that persist thoroughout the winter, giving this low growing shrub a fluffy, cloudlike character that adds winter interest. A native of the Rocky Mountain West.
This photo is also part of the set, Last Light: www.flickr.com/photos/montanaraven/sets/564186/
Welcome to CITY MUSEUM, where the imagination runs wild!
Housed in the 600,000 square-foot former International Shoe Company, the museum is an eclectic mixture of children's playground, funhouse, surrealistic pavilion, and architectural marvel made out of unique, found objects. The brainchild of internationally acclaimed artist Bob Cassilly, a classically trained sculptor and serial entrepreneur, the museum opened for visitors in 1997 to the riotous approval of young and old alike.
Cassilly and his longtime crew of 20 artisans have constructed the museum from the very stuff of the city; and, as a result, it has urban roots deeper than any other institutions'. Reaching no farther than municipal borders for its reclaimed building materials, CITY MUSEUM boasts features such as old chimneys, salvaged bridges, construction cranes, miles of tile, and even two abandoned planes!
"CITY MUSEUM makes you want to know," says Cassilly. "The point is not to learn every fact, but to say, 'Wow, that's wonderful.' And if it's wonderful, it's worth preserving."
Within the First Floor and Mezzanine levels lies an oceanic wonderland where mermaids and sea creatures swirl around the mosaic floors and columns. The cloudlike ceiling creates a dreamy atmosphere as tunnels and tubes allow visitors to see what's above--and below--this fantasyland. Native Missouri Fish and turtles swim in the 5,000-gallon aquarium ornamented with oyster shells, found sea glass, and mosaic tiles.
Climb up the treehouse and across the hallowed-out trunk to the mezzanine. Above the first-floor mosaics and aquarium, the mezzanine overlooks a two-story waterfall and goldfish pond. Giant barrels make perfect places to hide, and massive turtles hide among a bird's nest. A seating and eating area is just close enough to the two-story slide to tempt even the most timid visitors. Care for a ride?
Sourced from www.citymuseum.org/
This is biggest, most unique, playground for big kids in St. Louis. So many things to explore and climb in and on top of. It's some of the best fun in St. Louis and if any of you are ever in this area, it is a definite not miss! Enjoy! This is the countdown from 30 days until WDW! :)
All rights reserved. Please do not use or reproduce this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my permission.
“Pellucid corneal degeneration with hydrops & detachment of Descemet’s membrane” – if that does not scare you, the result of the ailment will. One evening you go to bed with a reddish eye & slight clouding over a part of the pupil, next morning you wake up to find the cloud has spread & you have lost vision. The ghoulish may google it to know more. The remedy – blasting a bubble of air behind your Descemet’s membrane to try to stick it back to the cornea. The result – shall tell you after 6 months. If it fails – cornea grafting. If that fails - hope you learn to live with 1 eye. What can you do to avoid it – nothing. As one grows & ages, someone’s hair goes gray, someone becomes bald, someone looses teeth, someone suffers from pellucid corneal degeneration with hydrops & detachment of Descemet’s membrane. Fortunately, it is rare. Yet, one should not wish ones worst enemy to get it.
Bottom right photo – from left, (a) the bright camera flash. It looks like sun coming out of an eclipse (b) the thick curved whitish layer is the cornea (c) the small hazy cloudlike vertical line is the Descemet’s membrane, which should normally stick to the cornea like lovers. Once they part, water seeps in between them and the cornea becomes cloudy.
Top photo taken by my wife on 8.7.07 at Calcutta. The cloudy part looks translucent under camera flash, actually it is much more opaque. Bottom 2 photos, also with camera flash, were taken on 23.7.07 by Disha Eye Hospital & Research Centre, Barrackpore, about 25kM north of Calcutta.
My thanks to Flickr Members, who phoned & wrote. My heartfelt gratitude to my college friend Kamal, who has been accompanying my wife & me back & forth to the hospital. Dr Ayan Mohanta of Disha Eye Hospital quickly diagnosed this rare ailment – both of us hope the treatment will eventually result in substantial return of vision. While ultrasound imaging was in progress, several doctors from the Cornea Dept. came to watch it. Their exclamations of satisfaction gave me some hope of recovery, although I am not quite sure, if they were happy with my eye or the pictures on the computer screen. Being stared at by so many, my eye felt a little like a circus animal performing a rare feat, but otherwise I did not make a spectacle of myself. Anyway, the Descemet’s membrane seemed to be good terms with my cornea once again, but it is not functioning any more. I am now in steroids & keeping my fingers crossed.
What can I say for my wife, who keeps continuous watch on me, drips medicine into my eye whole day & shoulders additional domestic burdens, while holding on to her teaching job. In fact, she posted this photo & message in Flickr for me.
Typical of Calcutta, any stranger on the street volunteers to take me across roads with busy & unruly traffic, when I go out alone on errands and to keep my self confidence alive.
edit 9.9.08 : Vision regained
edit 1.3.08 : A short case report of this aparently rare misery has found its way to Journal of Ophthalmology in Developing Countries
Claude Monet, French, 1840-1926
Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare, 1877
Oil on canvas
60.3 x 80.2 cm (23 3/4 x 31 1/2 in.)
Inscribed, lower left: Claude Monet 77
The Gare Saint-Lazare was the largest and busiest train station in Paris. Early in 1877, with help from his friend Gustave Caillebotte, Claude Monet rented an apartment in the nearby rue Moncey and began the first of 12 canvases showing this icon of modernity. He displayed seven of them, including this one, at the third Impressionist exhibition, in April of that year. Legend has it that he arranged to have the standing locomotives stoked with extra coal so that he could observe and paint the effects of belching steam—dull gray when trapped inside the station, white and cloudlike when seen against the sky.
www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/16571
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Book: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
Art Institute of Chicago. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in The Art Institute of Chicago. Art Institute of Chicago, 2000, p. 54.
Among Claude Monet’s contributions to the third Impressionist exhibition in 1877 was a groundbreaking group of seven paintings of Gare St.-Lazare, the famous Parisian train station serving the suburbs along the Seine valley, as well as Normandy and Brittany. Installed together in one room, these works constituted Monet’s first series, a deliberate attempt to explore in multiple canvases a single subject at different times of day and under various atmospheric conditions.
The railway system effectively linked the country with the city. Monet frequently rode trains into and out of Paris, and although he was not a committed urbanite—in contrast to his Impressionist contemporary Edgar Degas for example—he was clearly aware of and fascinated by agents of industrial change. Rather than celebrating modern machines and buildings for their own sake, however, Monet explored in his art their power to transform nature. In Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare, he seems to have asked: how do steam clouds pervade the air; how does a glass-and-iron roof filter sunlight; how do individuals disappear in a crowd?
Monet established this apparently straightforward composition by balancing the left-of-center peak of the shed over a train that thunders in toward the right. Order and disorder, in equal measure, pervade both the surface of the canvas and the scene itself; legend has it that Monet persuaded a station master to load standing engines with coal so that they would generate steam for him to portray. Thus, the quintessential painter of landscape evoked the controlled chaos of the urban environment, and of modernity itself.
ISS028-E-020276 (2 Aug. 2011) --- This photograph of polar mesospheric clouds was acquired at an altitude of just over 202 nautical miles (about 322 kilometers) in the evening hours (03:19:54 Greenwich Mean Time) on Aug. 2, 2011, as the International Space Station was passing over the English Channel. The nadir coordinates of the station were 49.1 degrees north latitude and 5.5 degrees west longitude. Polar mesospheric clouds (also known as noctilucent, or "night-shining" clouds) are transient, upper atmospheric phenomena that are usually observed in the summer months at high latitudes (greater than 50 degrees) of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. They appear bright and cloudlike while in deep twilight. They are illuminated by sunlight when the lower layers of the atmosphere are in the darkness of Earth's shadow. The horizon of Earth appears at the bottom of the image, with some layers of the lower atmosphere already illuminated by the rising sun. The higher, bluish-colored clouds look much like wispy cirrus clouds, which can be found as high as 60,000 feet (18 kilometers) in the atmosphere. However noctilucent clouds, as seen here, are observed in the mesosphere at altitudes of 250,000 to 280,000 feet (about 76 to 85 kilometers). Astronaut observations of polar mesospheric clouds over northern Europe in the summer are not uncommon.
One of a series of cloudlike panels for a venture capitol firm. The panels celebrate the creativity of all the children of the partners of this nationwide firm.
Design/ Production of architectural details + corporate exhibits + retail displays + signage + light fixtures
philmanker@comcast.net
Boston
617-291-8584
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Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
between 01.18 and 01.42 EDT
(285 km by road north of Toronto)
* Altitude of centre of frame at time of exposures: ~19°
* Temperature 14° C.
* Total exposure time: 12 minutes
* 660 mm focal length telescope
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Description:
M8, the Lagoon Nebula (right side of the frame)
One of the most prominent, large, bright and well known nebulae in the sky is the Lagoon Nebula (M8), which is a favourite target of amateur astronomers with modest telescopes.
From Wikipedia: "The Lagoon Nebula ... is a giant interstellar cloud ... classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region. [It] was discovered by Giovanni Hodierna before 1654 and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the eye from mid-northern latitudes. Seen with binoculars, it appears as a distinct oval cloudlike patch with a definite core. Within the nebula is the open cluster NGC 6530.
The Lagoon Nebula is estimated to be between 4,000-6,000 light-years away from the Earth. In the sky of Earth, it spans 90' by 40', which translates to an actual dimension of 110 by 50 light years. ... The nebula contains a number of Bok globules (dark, collapsing clouds of protostellar material), the most prominent of which have been catalogued by E. E. Barnard as B88, B89 and B296."
M20, the Trifid Nebula (upper left side of the frame)
Lying just to the north of the large Lagoon Nebula is M20, the Trifid Nebula in the constellation Sagittarius (The Archer). The Trifid is unusual in consisting of both a red emission nebula (ionized hydrogen gas) and a fainter blue reflection nebula. It lies about 5,200 light years from our solar system.
From Wikipedia:
"The Trifid Nebula (catalogued as Messier 20 or M20 and as NGC 6514) is an H II region located in Sagittarius. It was discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764. Its name means 'divided into three lobes'. The object is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars; an emission nebula (the lower, red portion), a reflection nebula (the upper, blue portion) and a dark nebula (the apparent 'gaps' within the emission nebula that cause the trifurcated appearance; these are also designated Barnard 85). Viewed through a small telescope, the Trifid Nebula is a bright and peculiar object, and is thus a perennial favorite of amateur astronomers.
The Trifid Nebula is a star-forming region in the Scutum spiral arm of the Milky Way. The most massive star that has formed in this region is HD 164492A, an O7.5III star with a mass more than 20 times the mass of the Sun. This star is surrounded by a cluster of approximately 3100 young stars."
To the lower left of the Trifid is the open star cluster M21.
For a version of this photo WITHOUT LABELS, click on the LEFT side of your screen, or click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/52265767013
To see a wider angle view this and other adjacent nebulae, photographed in Australia in Sept. 2019, click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/49183970671
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Technical information:
Nikon D810a camera body on Tele Vue 127is (127 mm - 5" - diameter) apochromatic telescope, mounted on Astrophysics 1100GTO equatorial mount
Twelve stacked frames; each frame:
660 mm focal length
ISO 4000; 1 minute exposure at f/5.2; unguided
With long exposure noise reduction
Subframes stacked in RegiStar;
Processed in Photoshop CS6 (levels, brightness / contrast, colour balance)
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Visiting Père Lachaise cemetery, Paris
45/100x mono macro
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M8 - Lagoon Nebula
The Lagoon Nebula was discovered by Giovanni Hodierna before 1654[4] and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the naked eye from mid-northern latitudes. Seen with binoculars, it appears as a distinct oval cloudlike patch with a definite core. In the foreground is the open cluster NGC 6530.
I'm really happy with this result - probably one of my top 3 nebula images, given the relatively sharp focus and tracking. I've colorized the Halpha data and mapped it to red to bring out some of the subtle transitions which the eye seems to pick out better in the red palate.
The Lagoon Nebula (M8 or NGC 6523) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region. The Lagoon Nebula was discovered by Guillaume Le Gentil in 1747 and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the naked eye from mid-northern latitudes. Seen with binoculars, it appears as a distinct oval cloudlike patch with a definite core. A fragile star cluster appears superimposed on it.
Stack of 30x120s in Halpha
The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, and as NGC 6523) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as a H II region.
The Lagoon Nebula was discovered by Giovanni Hodierna before 1654 and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the naked eye from mid-northern latitudes. Seen with binoculars, it appears as a distinct oval cloudlike patch with a definite core. A fragile star cluster appears superimposed on it. (Wikipedia)
The Lagoon Nebula
Technical Info:
7x Lights 600" @640ISO
10x Darks
10x Bias
15x Flats
15x Dark Flats
Camera: Canon 6D
Filter: Hutech IDAS LPS
Scope: Celestron Edge HD 8
Focal Reducer: .7x Edge HD 8 FR
Mount: Advanced VX
Guide Scope: Orion Mag Mini With SSAG
Capture Software: Backyard EOS
Guide Software: PHD2
Stacking Software: Deep Sky Stacker
Final Processing: PSCC
Location: Lockwood Valley, CA
1877, Oil on canvas, 59.6 x 80.2 cm (23.5 x 31.5 in)
The Gare Saint-Lazare was the largest and busiest train station in Paris. Early in 1877, with help from his friend Gustave Caillebotte, Claude Monet rented an apartment in the nearby rue Moncey and began the first of 12 canvases showing this icon of modernity. He displayed seven of them, including this one, at the third Impressionist exhibition, in April of that year. Legend has it that he arranged to have the standing locomotives stoked with extra coal so that he could observe and paint the effects of belching steam — dull gray when trapped inside the station, white and cloudlike when seen against the sky.
M8 - Lagoon Nebula
"The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, NGC 6523, Sharpless 25, RCW 146, and Gum 72) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region.
The Lagoon Nebula was discovered by Giovanni Hodierna before 1654 and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the naked eye from mid-northern latitudes. Seen with binoculars, it appears as a distinct oval cloudlike patch with a definite core. In the foreground is the open cluster NGC 6530."
(Source:Wikipedia)
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29.07.2016 Saklıkent, Antalya, TURKEY
14x150" ISO1600 Light, 12 Dark, 25 Flat, SuperBias
C11 EdgeHD & HyperStar on CGEM DX
Canon T2i (Hutech Modified) & Astronomik CLS
Guided with ASI120MM & Celestron 9x50 FinderScope
Processed with PixInsight 1.8 & PS CS5
I wished that I could wrap my arms around the whole entire thing and bring the city into my care. It's a very pretty city and I liked the areas of cloudlike white swirls and the brick skyscraper.
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In downtown Ashland, Ohio, a view from a parking lot on the east side of Luther Street, between West South Street and West Washington Street.
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Library of Congress classification ideas:
TL175 Parking lots—United States—Pictorial works.
F499.A79 Ashland (Ohio)—Pictorial works.
ISS017-E-011632 (22 July 2008) --- Polar Mesospheric Clouds (also known as noctilucent clouds) are transient, upper atmospheric phenomena observed usually in the summer months at high latitudes (greater than 50 degrees) of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. They are bright and cloudlike in appearance while in deep twilight. They are illuminated by sunlight when the lower layers of the atmosphere are in the darkness of the Earth's shadow. This image was acquired at an altitude of just over 200 miles in the pre-dawn hours of July 22, 2008 as the International Space Station was passing over western Mongolia in central Asia. The dark horizon of the Earth appears below with some layers of the lower atmosphere already illuminated. The higher, bluish-colored clouds look much like wispy cirrus clouds which can be found in the troposphere as high as 60,000 feet. However noctilucent clouds, as seen here, are observed in the mesosphere at altitudes of 250,000 to 280,000 feet. Astronaut observations of Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMC) over northern Asia in June and July are not uncommon. The Expedition 17 crew of the International Space Station acquired this image, and more, in support of research for the International Polar Year. Some researchers link increased observations of PMC to changes in global climate; PMC have been the subject of extensive observation and research from space by the Swedish satellite Odin launched in 2001 and more recently by NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) satellite system beginning in 2007.
Image Credit: NASA
Text Credit: Michael Trenchard, NASA's Johnson Space Center
Polar mesospheric clouds (also known as noctilucent, or “night-shining” clouds) are transient, upper atmospheric phenomena that are usually observed in the summer months at high latitudes (greater than 50 degrees) of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. They appear bright and cloudlike while in deep twilight. They are illuminated by sunlight when the lower layers of the atmosphere are in the darkness of Earth’s shadow.
This astronaut photograph of polar mesospheric clouds was acquired at an altitude of just over 200 miles (about 321 kilometers) in the pre-dawn hours (18:24:01 Greenwich Mean Time) on July 22, 2008, as the International Space Station was passing over western Mongolia in central Asia. The dark horizon of the Earth appears at the bottom of the image, with some layers of the lower atmosphere already illuminated by the rising Sun. The higher, bluish-colored clouds look much like wispy cirrus clouds, which can be found as high as 60,000 feet (18 kilometers) in the atmosphere. However noctilucent clouds, as seen here, are observed in the mesosphere at altitudes of 250,000 to 280,000 feet (about 76 to 85 kilometers).
Astronaut observations of polar mesospheric clouds over northern Asia in June and July are not uncommon. The crew of the International Space Station acquired this image and many others in support of research for the International Polar Year. Some researchers link increased observations of these clouds to changes in global climate. Polar mesospheric clouds have been the subject of extensive observation and research from space by the Swedish satellite Odin, launched in 2001, and more recently by NASA’s Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) satellite system beginning in 2007.
Astronaut photograph ISS017-E-11632 was acquired at 18:24:01 Greenwich Mean Time on July 22, 2008, with a Nikon 2DX digital camera fitted with an 180 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by the Expedition 17 crew. The image in this article has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast. Lens artifacts have been removed. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet.
ISS028-E-020276 (2 Aug. 2011) --- This photograph of polar mesospheric clouds was acquired at an altitude of just over 202 nautical miles (about 322 kilometers) in the evening hours (03:19:54 Greenwich Mean Time) on Aug. 2, 2011, as the International Space Station was passing over the English Channel. The nadir coordinates of the station were 49.1 degrees north latitude and 5.5 degrees west longitude. Polar mesospheric clouds (also known as noctilucent, or "night-shining" clouds) are transient, upper atmospheric phenomena that are usually observed in the summer months at high latitudes (greater than 50 degrees) of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. They appear bright and cloudlike while in deep twilight. They are illuminated by sunlight when the lower layers of the atmosphere are in the darkness of Earth's shadow. The horizon of Earth appears at the bottom of the image, with some layers of the lower atmosphere already illuminated by the rising sun. The higher, bluish-colored clouds look much like wispy cirrus clouds, which can be found as high as 60,000 feet (18 kilometers) in the atmosphere. However noctilucent clouds, as seen here, are observed in the mesosphere at altitudes of 250,000 to 280,000 feet (about 76 to 85 kilometers). Astronaut observations of polar mesospheric clouds over northern Europe in the summer are not uncommon.
I worked with this a bit in pp to give it the cloudlike feel. Almost like a newborn floating down from the sky.
A wise man once said "I ain't talkin' to clouds on a sunny day". Fair enough, but he obviously never met this vector set. There's enough cloudlike shapes in this set to "emo up" anything, even a clown's birthday party.
TalkPhotography.co.uk - Digital Photographer of The Year Challenge (DPOTY) 2025 - Month 02 - Weather
(This has been desaturated. Orig version here)
I'm really happy with this result - probably one of my top 3 nebula images, given the relatively sharp focus and tracking. I've colorized the Halpha data and mapped it to red to bring out some of the subtle transitions which the eye seems to pick out better in the red palate.
The Lagoon Nebula (M8 or NGC 6523) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region. The Lagoon Nebula was discovered by Guillaume Le Gentil in 1747 and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the naked eye from mid-northern latitudes. Seen with binoculars, it appears as a distinct oval cloudlike patch with a definite core. A fragile star cluster appears superimposed on it.
Stack of 30x120s in Halpha
Manufacturer: Outback Manufacturing Co.
Nationality: Australia
First assembled: October 8th, 2049
Birthplace: Campbellfield, Victoria, Australia
Engine: 6.2 L Supercharged V8
HP: 773
0-60: 3.4 seconds
Top speed: 205.00 MPH
Outback's EP platform is mostly known for its use as the basis for their Utes. This was even the primary reason it was developed in the first place, but its far more adaptable than that. EP-series cars have come in the form of sedans and wagons as well, but the EP platform's adaptability goes deeper than what's on the outside. Outback designed it with performance in mind as well, which makes it great for building something a bit more spirited than a humble workhorse. Something that can run with some of the fastest cars on the road while still being quintessentially a product of the land down under.
With Outback's Ute's being so ubiquitous to Australia's roads, its not surprising that some more "creative" owners would have some fun with them. Modified Outback utes have been a thing since they first appeared back in the 50s and only got more ambitious with time. The most common type of modding people did to these Utes is generally the same pretty much every other type of car sees: whatever makes them go faster. Outback Utes share the same platform as Outbacks saloons and coupes, meaning parts were plentiful and well-studied by mod shops everywhere down-under. Not to mention that these platforms were smaller and lighter, making them a better choice for high-performance mods than say, a full-sized pickup. Hot-rodded Utes became a staple of Australian car culture to the point where an official race series using race-prepped Utes was established. This race series grew to not just be one of the biggest in Australia, but in all of Oceania and parts of Southeast Asia. What could be taken from all this is that people liked fast utes, and there was great potential in making a sportier model from the factory. Which is just what Outback did. It began in the 90s with a simple "GT" trim that featured some more sportier bodywork and subtle tuning, but this was just humble beginnings. Outback would build greater, more heavily-modified variants that could give legitimate sportscars something to think about. It wasn't until the mid 2020s when the undisputed king of fast utes first appeared. Or perhaps more appropriately due to the name, the God of fast utes.
In Aboriginal mythology, Namarrkon is one name for the god of lightning. He rides a storm cloud from where he throws lightning at trees and unfortunate mortals, and speaks with thunder itself as his voice. Its alot to live up to, so when you give this name to a car, it certainly sets up some high expectations. Fortunately it didn't take the first iteration of the Outback Namarrkon long to meet those expectations if not outright succeed them. Built off of data received from the aforementioned ute racing series and even using race derived components, the Namarrkon would earn the prestigious title of the world's fastest ute/pickup truck in the world, with a top speed of over 170 MPH. High speed wasn't all it could do, with the Namarrkon posting track records on par with some outright supercars from Europe's finest. While certainly surprising, one has to remember that the Namarrkon has legitimate motorsports pedigree behind it thanks to the ute racing series. The Namarrkon became Outback's most desirable model about as quickly as it appeared and sold well enough to stick around for later iterations of their Utes. This takes us to Outback's new EP platform, Where the wrath of the lightning god would be unleashed with greater ferocity than ever before.
First appearing in the 2048 Australian International Auto Show held in Outback's home city of Melbourne, the EP-700 Namarrkon had possibly one of the greatest debuts one could ask for. On the day it was unveiled, Melbourne was getting hit with a big thunderstorm. The appearance of Outback's own storm god was backed up by actual thunder and lightning, which couldn't be more appropriate considering how outright menacing this latest iteration of Outback's fastest model was. If it wasn't for the cargo bed in the back, the latest Namarrkon would easily classify as a bona fide supercar. The biggest hint towards this is right there in the name, EP-700. For EP-series vehicles, the number in the title simply designates horsepower by divisions of 100. The division however doesn't designate the total HP, however. So yes, while the latest Namarrkon has HP in the 700 range, that doesn't accurately tell the whole story. Using a new variation of Outback's own in-house 6.2 L V8, the EP-700 gets the fun addition of a beefy twin-screw supercharger. This supercharger is massive, coming in at 2.5 liters and needs about 85 HP from the engine just to run. The payoff is more than worth it as this powertrain gives the Namarrkon over 770 HP. That's an impressive number in any sportscar, so to see it in a ute is the stuff of insanity. Of course this helps give the Namarrkon lightning speeds, but raw power alone isn't all that makes it the fastest utility vehicle on the planet.
Outback has always taken pride in the fact that Namarrkon is built off of motorsports data, and that couldn't be more true with the EP-700. This time its not just the ute racing series they studied from, however. Outback has since looked at various other disciplines like Touring Car championships, GT-Class, and even a little bit of LM Prototype. Aerodynamics were a major concern for the EP-700, which can be seen with its aggressive bodykit. A prominent front splitter, side strakes, and even a rear wing integrated into the bed cover make sure all 770+ horses hit the pavement thanks to a healthy serving of downforce. Said bed cover is designed to reduce as much drag behind the cabin as possible, which is an area pretty much all utes struggle with aerodynamically. The bed cover is also removable in case someone wants to carry some oversized cargo in their EP-700, with the cover being pretty easy to remove thanks to it being made from carbon nanocomposite. In fact, most exterior panels on the EP-700 are nanocomposite to help cut down on weight. What also helps cut weight while improving performance are the forged magnesium rims. These cut weight while offering heat transfer, taking excess heat from the brakes and moving it to the performance-spec tires to keep them warm and grippy. Said brakes are also made from carbon ceramic, giving the EP-700 supercar levels of stopping power. Further improving the EP-700's handling is the suspension. Dumping the simple leaf springs from lower models, the EP-700 uses a race-derived double wishbone independent suspension system with MR-fluid shocks. This allows the EP-700 to adjust its ride, from near-racecar levels of stiffness for hardcore track performance to cloudlike smoothness for long journeys on the road. The chassis itself has even had some performance-minded alterations as well. While it is fundamentally the same welded steel frame found on lower, non-performance models, Outback fitted it with aluminum reinforcements and subframes made from carbon-titanium composite. The use of the composite subframes negates the marginal weight penalty of the aluminum reinforcements while both the subframes and reinforcements greatly increase chassis stiffness. With all this hardcore performance hardware combined with the monstrous powertrain, its no wonder the EP-700 Namarrkon is able to take the title of world's fastest utility vehicle. 0-60 is in the low 3-second range, and the EP-700 takes its crown with a maximum speed of exactly 205 MPH. Rather humorously, this record-claiming top speed is what Outback electronically limits the Namarrkon too, meaning it likely could go faster but was reeled in for just being too insane. Not that it matter much, as besides being the fastest utility vehicle in the world, the Namarrkon also holds the privilege of being the only utility vehicle to break the 200 MPH barrier.
The EP-700 Namarrkon was brought to the market as a 2049 model, and quickly showed the world just how formidable it was. Besides having its centerpiece world-record top speed, the EP-700 made waves by posting numerous lap records across Oceana, Asia, and parts of Europe. Most infamously, the Namarrkon showed up in Germany, where it was given to a major Automotive Media outlet for testing and review. It was taken to the Hockenheimring race track for performance testing, where it posted a hot lap time. When the time was posted, the Namarrkon put in a time that surprisingly beat out numerous supercars, including the Holzer 3000 LM/S, the track day variant of the legendary 3000 sportscar. This made the EP-700 rather notorious in enthusiast circles, and quite desirable as well. Despite the EP-700 Namarrkon selling for a base price of $165,000 AUD, Outback couldn't make them quickly enough despite production being limited to 1,000 a year. Global interest in the EP-700 Namarrkon also greatly increased upon its unveiling, with plenty of enthusiasts in the western hemisphere lamenting that it wasn't available in North America. There are rumors that Outback isn't totally ignoring the potential of the North American market, however. Rumors that state that Outback in in talks with a relatively fresh face in the industry, Rogue Automotive, to potentially bring Outback's more high-performance models to the states, just simply wearing the badge of the fledging American automaker and sold in their dealer network. How far along these talks are or if they're even happening in the first place is anyone's guess.
M8 - Lagoon Nebula (Reprocessed)
"The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, NGC 6523, Sharpless 25, RCW 146, and Gum 72) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region.
The Lagoon Nebula was discovered by Giovanni Hodierna before 1654 and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the naked eye from mid-northern latitudes. Seen with binoculars, it appears as a distinct oval cloudlike patch with a definite core. In the foreground is the open cluster NGC 6530."
(Source:Wikipedia)
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11.06.2013, Kocaeli, TURKEY
11x60" ISO800 Light, 26 Dark, 30 Flat, SuperBias
C11 EdgeHD & HyperStar on CGEM DX
Canon T2i (Hutech Modified) & Astronomik CLS
Guided with ASI120MM & Celestron 9x50 FinderScope
Processed with PixInsight 1.8 & PS CS5
this, i'm really happy with. but i did struggle a bit with the overall comp, and crop… didn't put enough thought into it at the moment of conception…
(middletown, md)
Created by Bastrop florist, Brenda Abbott Floral Design.
For Jenna's autumn wedding on Riversong Lawn at the Hyatt Lost Pines, we created a dreamlike arch balanced between two authentic antique white wooden porch columns. Vining up the columns and covering the arch we used curly willow, roses and hanging amaranthus. The rose petal heart formed a sweet stage for the couple to exchange vows.
Brenda Abbott Floral Design
1902 Chestnut
Bastrop, TX 78602
512-985-5359
Folk 016..Name: BrinSpecies: Cirravi, the Cloud-Birds (Half-fledged).About the Cirravi: Cloud-Birds are one of the most universally loved Wild-Folk, simply because they are so abundant, and so darn fluffy. Cloud-Birds are a natural evolution from Steam-Birds who have taken primarily to the element of air and, to a lesser degree, the element of water. .While clouds themselves are vaporous and have no tangible form, Cloud-Birds solidify their water and air into a dense coat of cloudlike down, that shifts and moves constantly, and is quite lovely to the touch. Cirravi are naturally curious, but tend to be slightly stubborn, very rarely living with Folk or humans in society, and then only to those who give them the proper attention and energy to maintain them..About Brin: Brin is the oldest adopted sibling in her small flock of Cloud-Birds. Her siblings, Tin, Fin, and Ursula, are all relatively young, and quite excitable. Brin is close with a family in the city of Madder (The youngest of which named Brin and her siblings), who leave sugar-bread on their window for her and her siblings. Having been primarily a city-bird for years, she is not easily impressed, and while she can get annoyed with her adopted sibling’s crawling all over her (Young Cloud-Birds are extremely clingy and depend on a parent or sibling’s bigger frame to stand on), she takes care of them as well as any big sister would. Brin seems to be fond of jazz, as she often brings the whole flock to windows that have it playing..Mature-state of Steam-Bird if they prefer air and water.
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Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
between 02.24 and 02.44 EDT
(285 km by road north of Toronto)
* Altitude of centre of frame at time of exposures: ~12°
* Temperature 14° C.
* Total exposure time: 10 minutes
* 660 mm focal length telescope
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Description:
North is to the upper right in this image, which contains several objects of note.
M8, the Lagoon Nebula, with embedded star cluster NGC 6530 (right side of the frame)
One of the most prominent, large, bright and well known nebulae in the sky is the Lagoon Nebula (M8), which is a favourite target of amateur astronomers with modest telescopes.
From Wikipedia: "The Lagoon Nebula ... is a giant interstellar cloud ... classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region. [It] was discovered by Giovanni Hodierna before 1654 and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the eye from mid-northern latitudes. Seen with binoculars, it appears as a distinct oval cloudlike patch with a definite core. Within the nebula is the open cluster NGC 6530.
The Lagoon Nebula is estimated to be between 4,000-6,000 light-years away from the Earth. In the sky of Earth, it spans 90' by 40', which translates to an actual dimension of 110 by 50 light years. ... The nebula contains a number of Bok globules (dark, collapsing clouds of protostellar material), the most prominent of which have been catalogued by E. E. Barnard as B88, B89 and B296."
IC 4678 (directly above M8)
This is a tiny nebula composed of emission (pink) and reflection (blue) components.
NGC 6544 (near centre of frame)
This is a small globular star cluster of magnitude ~7.3, lying at a distance of 9,000-10,00 light years from us..
NGC 6553 (left edge of frame, just below centre)
This is a globular star cluster of magnitude ~8.@, with an unusually low star concentration even at its centre, and lying about 19,600 LY from our solar system. Studies show that it underwent two distinct periods of star formation, resulting in two populations of stars with differing compositions, especially in sodium and aluminum.
For a version of this photo WITHOUT LABELS, click on the LEFT side of your screen, or click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/52229327008
To see a wider angle view this and other adjacent nebulae, photographed in Australia in Sept. 2019, click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/49183970671
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Technical information:
Nikon D810a camera body on Tele Vue 127is (127 mm - 5" - diameter) apochromatic telescope, mounted on Astrophysics 1100GTO equatorial mount
Ten stacked frames; each frame:
660 mm focal length
ISO 2500; 1 minute exposure at f/5.2; unguided
With long exposure noise reduction
Subframes stacked in RegiStar;
Processed in Photoshop CS6 (levels, brightness / contrast, colour balance)
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Acrylics on paper ( 20x25 cm)
Layered prints from the gelli plate.
IMG (978x1280)
Acrylics on paper.
Edit June 30th: Since June 23 I am working on a batch using yellow as the base of the print; hoping to bring out a sense of light in prints.
First day I used yellow, orange-brown (wc) and watercolor-y red. I liked the red splashes but wanted to bring out the yellow by adding blueish grey - didn't quite work as I used a cloudlike shape with a stencil (it seemed too much illustration to me). Next session I added orane strips (bottom); and loads of red, yellow, soft pink lines. And the black and white.
Now I am happy with it, almost.
To go with the bread :-O
:-))
An old shot from an old pâté....
The shot is almost four years old; the pâté was a little younger :-))
Asker, 13 Oct. 2004
Konica Minolta A2
1/640 s
F3.5
ISO 100
200mm
Flash
Museum of Modern Art,
New York, NY, USA
Ivan Štraus
Muzej Vazduhoplovstva, Belgrade, Srbia 1969 - 89
Interior View 2016
Photograph by Valentin Jack
Commissioned by Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Aeronautical Museum in Belgrade and the Elektroprivreda corporate headquarters in Sarajevo demonstrate the experimentation - both technical and formal that defines Ivan Štraus's architecture. Construction on the Aeronautical Museum lasted two decades, due in part to the structural complexity of its double-curved glazed membrane. The facade supports the museum's display concept: airplanes in the collection float inside a gridded, rotund, cloudlike volume, offering the sky as a natural backdrop for topical exhibitions.