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November 21, 2015 2:48 PM Subscribe
Nebulae run through a tilt-shift filter come out looking tiny and adorable and precious.
These make for a very nice desktop! Thanks.
posted by the uncomplicated soups of my childhood at 3:03 PM on November 21, 2015
posted by the uncomplicated soups of my childhood at 3:03 PM on November 21, 2015
Neblets are cute.
posted by conic at 3:04 PM on November 21, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by conic at 3:04 PM on November 21, 2015 [4 favorites]
I am crushing your galaxy!
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 3:10 PM on November 21, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 3:10 PM on November 21, 2015 [5 favorites]
OMG did not expect this level of adorable when I clicked but SO ADORABLE GUYS
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 3:21 PM on November 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 3:21 PM on November 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
It's amazing how profound the effect is even when it's just making the top and bottom of a picture blurry.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 3:27 PM on November 21, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 3:27 PM on November 21, 2015 [6 favorites]
Squee! I want a pocket universe!
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 3:55 PM on November 21, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 3:55 PM on November 21, 2015 [3 favorites]
Gorgeous! I hope this is how the viewscreen works on the new Star Trek.
posted by yesster at 4:17 PM on November 21, 2015
posted by yesster at 4:17 PM on November 21, 2015
Quite the feat to make something almost unimaginably large seem almost human-scale. The third pic reminded me of hash being cooked, of all things. We are so suggestible.
posted by Hardcore Poser at 4:52 PM on November 21, 2015
posted by Hardcore Poser at 4:52 PM on November 21, 2015
The first one is Andromeda. The next few are supernova remnants, and look pretty good. The rest I think could benefit from 50% less of this effect, and would be quite cool.
posted by kiltedtaco at 4:53 PM on November 21, 2015
posted by kiltedtaco at 4:53 PM on November 21, 2015
Who's an adorable gigantic assemblage of stars and other celestial objects? You Are! Oh, Yes, You Are!!!
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:05 PM on November 21, 2015 [8 favorites]
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:05 PM on November 21, 2015 [8 favorites]
The more I look at the first one, the more convinced I become that it is a kindergarten craft project. Cotton balls and glitter paint. When I go home for Christmas, I'm going to see if my 3 year old niece can make me a galaxy.
posted by jacquilynne at 5:42 PM on November 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by jacquilynne at 5:42 PM on November 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
Does this work by basically removing some pieces of information or cues that we use to judge scale?
posted by sneebler at 6:06 PM on November 21, 2015
posted by sneebler at 6:06 PM on November 21, 2015
As I've said before, there's a clever point to them: that even without this treatment, there's an illusion of smallness to them, considering how big the things actually are and what we can comprehend.
posted by Rich Smorgasbord at 6:42 PM on November 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Rich Smorgasbord at 6:42 PM on November 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
OK, finally got to see. Interesting. It certainly does make a macro/micro really contrast with each other. Not sure I like the effect. Maybe this is what it's like for God to look at nebulae.
posted by symbioid at 6:50 PM on November 21, 2015
posted by symbioid at 6:50 PM on November 21, 2015
fwiw pocket universe is a real thing :^)
posted by glass origami robot at 8:27 PM on November 21, 2015
posted by glass origami robot at 8:27 PM on November 21, 2015
Oh cute! These are really evocative; they remind me of something from my childhood but I can't place what.
posted by threeants at 8:48 PM on November 21, 2015
posted by threeants at 8:48 PM on November 21, 2015
Molecules, amoebas, jellyfish, galaxies, whatever. You zoom out enough & the galagtic clusters resemble a sponge. From the smallest to the largest structures, it really all remains incomprehensible & this project points that out beautifully.
posted by Devils Rancher at 8:54 PM on November 21, 2015
posted by Devils Rancher at 8:54 PM on November 21, 2015
When I went off to college almost thirty years ago, I was put into a dormitory suite with a bunch of stoners. I had never smoked weed before. The first time I partook with them, it wasn't long before I was laying on the floor, completely overwhelmed by a realization that came into my head about "the bigness of the smallness of things."
I've never forgotten that night, or that mind-altering experience, but nothing has ever taken me back to it anywhere near as vividly as these images just did. Duuude.
posted by mammoth at 9:25 PM on November 21, 2015 [2 favorites]
I've never forgotten that night, or that mind-altering experience, but nothing has ever taken me back to it anywhere near as vividly as these images just did. Duuude.
posted by mammoth at 9:25 PM on November 21, 2015 [2 favorites]
Awww. I hope I can soon get one of the things I've dreamed of having for a very, very long time.
A huggable Jupiter.
posted by wwwwolf at 7:49 AM on November 22, 2015
A huggable Jupiter.
posted by wwwwolf at 7:49 AM on November 22, 2015
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