21/07: human face on asteroid lutetia?
Category: stedawa art
Posted by: stedawa
I recently have been doing some sketches or cartoonish ink drawings of various faces, some more imaginative than others.
Here is one of the drawings:

Now just today I hopped by the ESA (European Space Agency) website, and noticed that the Rosetta satellite (which has been cruising through part of the Asteroid Belt on its way to chase a comet) managed to catch some amazingly detailed snaps of Asteroid Lutetia (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM44DZOFBG_index_1.html).
The gallery of photos looks like this:

For the ultimate closeup view, click here.
Notice the similarity of pock-markings, grooves, craters, and such between the drawing and the photo.
Here is one of the drawings:

Now just today I hopped by the ESA (European Space Agency) website, and noticed that the Rosetta satellite (which has been cruising through part of the Asteroid Belt on its way to chase a comet) managed to catch some amazingly detailed snaps of Asteroid Lutetia (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM44DZOFBG_index_1.html).
The gallery of photos looks like this:

For the ultimate closeup view, click here.
Notice the similarity of pock-markings, grooves, craters, and such between the drawing and the photo.


DoreenRamirez wrote: