Van Gogh’s Starry Night Rendered in Hubble Telescope Images

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Published on Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:00:38 GMT Indexed on 2012/09/28 15:42 UTC
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The process of making a large image out of mosaic of smaller image “pixels” is certainly nothing new; this rendition of Starry Night using images from the Hubble telescope, however, is a particularly fitting use of the technique.

Crafted by Alex H. Parker, a researcher at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, on evenings when cloud cover prevented him from conducting his research, the image is a carefully constructed mosaic of NASA supplied photos from the Hubble telescope program. Hit up the link below to check out the full size image.

Starry Night Arranged by Alex H. Parker

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