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Color the Universe

Explanation: Wouldn't it be fun to color in the universe? If you think so, please accept this famous astronomical illustration as a preliminary substitute. You, your friends, your parents or children, can print it out or even color it digitally. While coloring, you might be interested to know that even though this illustration has appeared in numerous places over the past 100 years, the actual artist remains unknown. Furthermore, the work has no accepted name -- can you think of a good one? The illustration, first appearing in a book by Camille Flammarion in 1888, is frequently used to show that humanity's present concepts are susceptible to being supplanted by greater truths.

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I think “Plus Ultra is a good name for Flammarion’s book picture. It is latin and frequently used from Renaissance. It could be translated as going beyond; this is is humanity’s main driver, always going beyond Earth’s end or knowing ourselves further, and is perfectly represented in the picture.

Camilo wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 6:20 am I think “Plus Ultra is a good name for Flammarion’s book picture. It is latin and frequently used from Renaissance. It could be translated as going beyond; this is is humanity’s main driver, always going beyond Earth’s end or knowing ourselves further, and is perfectly represented in the picture.

That could be easily mistaken with some phone model in these days.

The Breakthrough.

To infinity and beyond!

"There are holes in the sky where the rain gets in,
but the holes are small, that's why rain is thin."

Milligan, S. "Rain"

"Beyond the Veil"
"Behind the Stage" With a bow to Shakespeare "We are all but poor players upon a stage"

Astronomy Woodcut of the Day (AWOD)

The unplumbed universe within the mindseye transforms visions of the universe without.

"Truman"

"Integração Cósmica" .

Interesting - top left. There is a depiction of Ezekiel's Wheel. Similar to https://dia.pitts.emory.edu/woodcuts/15 ... 017291.pdf

"The wheel in the sky keeps on turning."

There is also , bottom left a priest crawling on Earth with his head sticking into the heavens above.

'There might be Dragons' (watch the frame)

"'Shrooms"

Ezekiel's Vision

Through the Rainbow

"Open Your Eyes And See!", or "Science!"

And I've half a mind to change my avatar pic to something like this (although the coloring used portrays "this" world as being more colorful than "the one beyond", which is probably the opposite of the truth!):

“Twenty-First Century Regression,” unfortunately.

I once met someone who actually believed that scientists had actually accidentally punched through the actual literal firmament, and water started pouring through. He had caught my attention because he was pointing at Jupiter and telling his partner that it was the north star.

The Discoverer, because Daniel Boorstein used the image for the cover of his book "The Discoverers".

The only way I can think to visualize a next dimension is to look at a tilted mirror and see it's reflection in 3 dimensions. Might need to use my red/blue glasses.
( Not reflected)

johnnydeep wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2023 3:04 pm "Open Your Eyes And See!", or "Science!"

And I've half a mind to change my avatar pic to something like this (although the coloring used portrays "this" world as being more colorful than "the one beyond", which is probably the opposite of the truth!):

Click to view full size image

Love those colors, Johnny!

My own suggestion for a title for this picture is either "The Clockwork Universe" or "What the Universe would look like if it was the Truman Show".


I know, the Truman Show name is too long. I like it, all the same.

Ann

Beyond the Firmament.

Might be fun; but a lot of work is involved!

Help, someone, I'm stuck!