The Eye of Jupiter
I discovered this gem of a photo when I was shuffling through NASA photo archives. This is a photo of planet Jupiter, and the big circular shaped object in the middle is called "Great Red Spot" or in the more poetical way of speaking, "The Eye of Jupiter". It is a permanent, fixed storm roughly a little bigger than Earth. I slaved a lot of time for post-processing, because as like any of NASA photos it's made to be scientifically accurate rather than beautiful. I had to carve contrast, shadows, highlights and color out of a scientific photo - luckily it was an awesome quality raw image, it did not deteriorate at all. I added several things: a quote from Leonardo da Vinci (one of my all-time favorites) and a volume-wise accurate model of the Solar System with all the planets. Even everyone's favorite planet Pluto is included. (check the "t" of Jupiter, and I am aware that Pluto is declassified as a planet.) It reminds me of palette of one of the Old Masters of Renaissance rather than a planet - A subtle suggestion of that our sense of beauty evolved from nature, and looking into nature we see our idea of beauty rather than nature itself. After all, the precise fact that we are biased observers is what makes us human. Or so I think.
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2012
Graphic Design
- The Eye of Jupiter2010
- I discovered this gem of a photo when I was shuffling through NASA photo archives. This is a photo of planet Jupiter, and the big circular shaped object in the middle is called "Great Red Spot" or in the more poetical way of speaking, "The Eye of Jupiter". It is a permanent, fixed storm roughly a little bigger than Earth. I slaved a lot of time for post-processing, because as like any of NASA photos it's made to be scientifically accurate rather than beautiful. I had to carve contrast, shadows, highlights and color out of a scientific photo - luckily it was an awesome quality raw image, it did not deteriorate at all. I added several things: a quote from Leonardo da Vinci (one of my all-time favorites) and a volume-wise accurate model of the Solar System with all the planets. Even everyone's favorite planet Pluto is included. (check the "t" of Jupiter, and I am aware that Pluto is declassified as a planet.) It reminds me of palette of one of the Old Masters of Renaissance rather than a planet - A subtle suggestion of that our sense of beauty evolved from nature, and looking into nature we see our idea of beauty rather than nature itself. After all, the precise fact that we are biased observers is what makes us human. Or so I think.
Full resolution wallpaper can be downloaded here. (1920x1200)
More info on Great Red Spot
Image courtesy of NASA. 
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