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Maxine H
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Scientific programmer working on heliophysics and climate NASA missions.

Art: maxinehartnett.com
GitHub @maxinelasp

Artist | software engineer | open source enthusist
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North St Pats at Steamboat Springs maxinehartnett.com/gallery/fine...
In honor of the best run I took last season while skiing!
A watercolor painting of a ski run with snowy trees and a wooden sign for a double black diamond run named "North St Pats"
November 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Have you ever looked at a science file format and thought "wow, I wish I had some kind of kitschy t-shirt to talk about how much I love this?
Well, good news.

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A vintage ad advertising NetCDF
November 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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While in San Antonio for DASH 2025, I got the opportunity to sit and do some plein air painting (or, as maybe we should call it in space science, in situ painting!)
A loose watercolor sketch of the front of the Alamo church, which is a white building with wooden doors and windows A watercolor sketch of a bridge over a river, with a large tree and bench on an outcropping in the foreground.
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Since I'm going to the IMAP launch in September, I want to make some stickers to give out (like I did at AGU) with a limited edition launch only sticker. Here's what I came up with - was sort of aiming for "so bad it's good" but actually I think it might just be
.. cute? #sciart
A round sticker of a cartoony satellite wearing a party hat and blowing a noisemaker imposed over a picture of earth. The text around reads "here to celebrate IMAP's last day on earth"
August 17, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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This is a painting of the ULTRA instrument launching on IMAP soon. It will image energetic particles from the edge of the solar system to study how the solar wind interacts with interstellar space.
Part of my IMAP series where I do studies of the spacecraft and the people building it. #IMAPMission
A small watercolor painting of two gloves hands holding a scientific instrument. The instrument looks like a big gold fan and has bright red handles on the top.
July 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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I did this watercolor based off a plein air piece I did last year. When I finished, I opened up another block of paper and found a 90% finished painting of the same scene. The problem is I like this version better! Should I finish the worse iteration and give one away...? Not sure. Vail, CO
A watercolor painting of snowy mountain peaks with dramatic lighting
June 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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A piece about the current state of science funding in the US, long-running datasets which use multiple generations of satellites, and Excalibur. Pictured is one of the GOES satellites, a joint NOAA/NASA mission for long running Earth observation using many different satellites. #sciart #nasa #noaa
A watercolor and acrylic painting of a satellite in orbit above the Earth. On one side of the large solar panel text reads "cast me away" and on the other side reads "take me up".
April 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Made a new block print to decorate my cube with
A black stamp on bright yellow paper in the style of a caution sign. it reads warning computer may be evil.
April 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Quick piece of #sciart for the HIT instrument on IMAP!
A watercolor piece of a scientific instrument with a circuit board dangling off the side, with a hand in a blue glove holding it steady
April 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Just a little birthday card for a friend :)
A small painting of mountains and skiiers
April 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Next hexagon from the Wonders of the James Webb cross stitch pattern! The ✨cartwheel galaxy✨! #sciart
A cross stitch of a pink galaxy on a black background in a hexagon
April 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Some plein air painting from Warsaw. I'm trying to get faster, the one on the left was a new record because I was standing and holding the notebook! Very tiring on my arm. #watercolor #pleinairpril (do people do plein airpril on this platform?)
A watercolor painting of a bridge over water with trees in the background A watercolor painting of the top of a white building with a green dome roof
April 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Just wanted to share a few pictures from my excellent trip to Steamboat this month. We got so much snow!!
A few snow covered trees and a sign pointing down a ski trail A view of the valley with trees and snow bumps in the foreground A view of a field of open snow and snowy fields with a blue sky
March 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Oh! I also finished the first hexagon from the Wonders of the James Webb Space Telescope cross stitch pattern! Pillars of creation!!
A cross stitch of a yellow hexagon with the pillars of creation inside.
March 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Plein air ski painting! Took a break from a nice ski day to quickly sketch this out. :)
Small watercolor painting of a ski hill in neutral colors
March 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Did some #plienair painting today!
A watercolor painting of a landscape with yellow grass leading up to purple mountains A tripod with a painting set up on it in a field overlook a mountain
February 2, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Kept this one quick and messy! It was fun :)

#watercolorlandscape
A watercolor landscape depicting a snowy mountain range and green rolling hills
January 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Feeling bummed so I did some art. Now I feel a little better.
A watercolor and crayon drawing of a pony standing in a field
January 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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I love the #OpenScience shout-out on the IMAP website! (Plus the shameless IMAP SDC GitHub plug 😜)
imap.princeton.edu/get-involved...
January 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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dog mosaic from ancient Rome / Kira wearing boots for the first time 2022
January 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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#artvsartist2024 I explored a lot of different mediums this year and had a lot of fun!
January 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar I love watercolor painting, and I also love skiing, and combining the two is fun!
This is from Winter Park Colorado :)
December 23, 2024 at 9:13 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar an engineer inspecting a solar panel for IMAP, a heliophysics mission launching next year. Watercolor.
December 20, 2024 at 4:39 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar integration and testing for the MAG instrument launching on IMAP next year!

I find the highly technical instruments and the people working on them both fascinating.
A painting in matte acrylic. Two engineers in white suits and face masks lean over the MAG instrument, which looks like an upside down metal bell at the end of a long purple tube.
December 17, 2024 at 11:11 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar more plein air (from life) paintings from last year, this time in Rocky mountain national Park.
A watercolor painting of two mountain peaks
December 16, 2024 at 3:55 PM