Starship Asterisk*

I enjoy Escher's work happily, and images from the HST have made my mind go places. Big time. M.C. Escher sometimes used architectural devices in unconventional ways - often seemingly impossible, illusory, generally not usual nor ordinary - to exploit ideas in the visual sense. IMHO Escher could pos...

It's an amazing image! and certainly not the first APOD to have it's authenticity questioned. While I agree that NASA (and others) would be nearly impossible to fool, there is a lot of talent and craftiness out there that might enjoy the challenge. Any speculation concerning it's origin somehow help...