Lucas the Lion
@thesaberlion.bsky.social
Just a computer engineer observing the world and the universe.
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June 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Those two bright points of light at lower left are Earth and the Moon.
Photographed from the orbit of Mercury.
Photographed from the orbit of Mercury.
June 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Those two bright points of light at lower left are Earth and the Moon.
Photographed from the orbit of Mercury.
Photographed from the orbit of Mercury.
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JWST NIRCam's capture of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A:
webbtelescope.org/contents/med...
It's 10 lightyears across, and the supernova should have been visible to the naked eye 365 years ago.
There's 173 MB version of the image in there if you want.
webbtelescope.org/contents/med...
It's 10 lightyears across, and the supernova should have been visible to the naked eye 365 years ago.
There's 173 MB version of the image in there if you want.
May 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
JWST NIRCam's capture of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A:
webbtelescope.org/contents/med...
It's 10 lightyears across, and the supernova should have been visible to the naked eye 365 years ago.
There's 173 MB version of the image in there if you want.
webbtelescope.org/contents/med...
It's 10 lightyears across, and the supernova should have been visible to the naked eye 365 years ago.
There's 173 MB version of the image in there if you want.
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The icy moon Dione.
With Saturn behind.
With Saturn behind.
April 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The icy moon Dione.
With Saturn behind.
With Saturn behind.
The Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory was the world's largest when completed in 1949, with a 5.1 m parabolic mirror. One pecular feature was an observer cage at the prime focus of the primary mirror. The astronomer literally worked inside the telescope the whole night...
March 15, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory was the world's largest when completed in 1949, with a 5.1 m parabolic mirror. One pecular feature was an observer cage at the prime focus of the primary mirror. The astronomer literally worked inside the telescope the whole night...
Figuring the precise shape of optics is not a trivial process (the Hubble's early mirror issues). One of NASA's contractors for the JWST had to develop a new technology to measure the shape of the JWST mirrors. And now said tech aids eye surgery. hah
spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2012/...
spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2012/...
March 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Figuring the precise shape of optics is not a trivial process (the Hubble's early mirror issues). One of NASA's contractors for the JWST had to develop a new technology to measure the shape of the JWST mirrors. And now said tech aids eye surgery. hah
spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2012/...
spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2012/...
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A new STUNNING photo from JWST.
Take a moment to breathe amid all this intentional chaos and appreciate the incredible beauty of our Universe.
Take a moment to breathe amid all this intentional chaos and appreciate the incredible beauty of our Universe.
March 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A new STUNNING photo from JWST.
Take a moment to breathe amid all this intentional chaos and appreciate the incredible beauty of our Universe.
Take a moment to breathe amid all this intentional chaos and appreciate the incredible beauty of our Universe.
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Iberian lynx in first morning light, the whole painting and detail of the lynx. Acrylics on canvas
January 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Iberian lynx in first morning light, the whole painting and detail of the lynx. Acrylics on canvas
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Here's a view looking over the limb of Enceladus with Saturn in the background, made from images captured with Cassini's narrow-angle camera on December 19, 2015 from a distance of about 25,000 km (15,534 miles)
December 19, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Here's a view looking over the limb of Enceladus with Saturn in the background, made from images captured with Cassini's narrow-angle camera on December 19, 2015 from a distance of about 25,000 km (15,534 miles)
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Perseverance has reached the rim of Jezero Crater!
December 12, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Perseverance has reached the rim of Jezero Crater!
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A few months ago, Initiative For Interstellar Studies team asked me to do a few illustrations of a hypothetical generation ship, as part of the promotional material for their Project Hyperion competition, which has gone live recently:
projecthyperion.org
(1/4) Detail closeups in a thread below.
projecthyperion.org
(1/4) Detail closeups in a thread below.
November 13, 2024 at 9:40 PM
A few months ago, Initiative For Interstellar Studies team asked me to do a few illustrations of a hypothetical generation ship, as part of the promotional material for their Project Hyperion competition, which has gone live recently:
projecthyperion.org
(1/4) Detail closeups in a thread below.
projecthyperion.org
(1/4) Detail closeups in a thread below.
New JWST images of one of my favorite galaxies, the M104, also known as the Sombrero Galaxy. I love how the IR pierces through the central region and the dust lanes, releaving the intricated patterns in the dust lanes!
November 26, 2024 at 3:17 PM
New JWST images of one of my favorite galaxies, the M104, also known as the Sombrero Galaxy. I love how the IR pierces through the central region and the dust lanes, releaving the intricated patterns in the dust lanes!
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RAFFLE. Almost at 100 followers on here! Repost and like to enter. Prize will be a flat full body. SFW or NSFW. Once I get to 100 I'll draw a name!
November 26, 2024 at 2:58 PM
RAFFLE. Almost at 100 followers on here! Repost and like to enter. Prize will be a flat full body. SFW or NSFW. Once I get to 100 I'll draw a name!
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Yesterdays visions of tomorrow. Roy Scarfo (1965), Don Davis (1975), Rick Guidice (1975) x 2
March 30, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Yesterdays visions of tomorrow. Roy Scarfo (1965), Don Davis (1975), Rick Guidice (1975) x 2
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What a photo! This was taken by JUICE as it sped away following its incredible double flyby of the Moon and Earth. 🤩🔭🧪
t.co/Or0NrGtK2B
t.co/Or0NrGtK2B
September 20, 2024 at 11:12 AM
What a photo! This was taken by JUICE as it sped away following its incredible double flyby of the Moon and Earth. 🤩🔭🧪
t.co/Or0NrGtK2B
t.co/Or0NrGtK2B
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2061: ODYSSEY THREE (1987)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30" x 20"
I've been fascinated by the story and the implications of the 2001 series ever since I saw the original movie in 1968. 1/3
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30" x 20"
I've been fascinated by the story and the implications of the 2001 series ever since I saw the original movie in 1968. 1/3
September 6, 2024 at 4:00 PM
2061: ODYSSEY THREE (1987)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30" x 20"
I've been fascinated by the story and the implications of the 2001 series ever since I saw the original movie in 1968. 1/3
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30" x 20"
I've been fascinated by the story and the implications of the 2001 series ever since I saw the original movie in 1968. 1/3
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TERMINUS (2007)
Acrylic on Canvas - 36" X 48"
Growing up in the fifties and sixties most of us fully expected the progress so evident in society and the space sciences to continue at the same headlong pace they had shown during those years. 1/3
Acrylic on Canvas - 36" X 48"
Growing up in the fifties and sixties most of us fully expected the progress so evident in society and the space sciences to continue at the same headlong pace they had shown during those years. 1/3
June 6, 2024 at 3:10 PM
TERMINUS (2007)
Acrylic on Canvas - 36" X 48"
Growing up in the fifties and sixties most of us fully expected the progress so evident in society and the space sciences to continue at the same headlong pace they had shown during those years. 1/3
Acrylic on Canvas - 36" X 48"
Growing up in the fifties and sixties most of us fully expected the progress so evident in society and the space sciences to continue at the same headlong pace they had shown during those years. 1/3
With the last strong geomagnetic storm and its amazing display of Aurorae. The electrical grid up north did felt something from it. As variations in the magnetic field up due to space weather induces currents in the transmission lines.
May 12, 2024 at 2:58 PM
With the last strong geomagnetic storm and its amazing display of Aurorae. The electrical grid up north did felt something from it. As variations in the magnetic field up due to space weather induces currents in the transmission lines.
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The Herald of Autumn
#traditionalart #cats #art #colorpencils
#traditionalart #cats #art #colorpencils
September 25, 2023 at 6:14 PM
The Herald of Autumn
#traditionalart #cats #art #colorpencils
#traditionalart #cats #art #colorpencils
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The Hyperion and the Brunhild, flagships from the classic Legend of Galactic Heroes.
By Mike Ptak.
www.pilotillustration.com
By Mike Ptak.
www.pilotillustration.com
February 25, 2024 at 5:05 PM
The Hyperion and the Brunhild, flagships from the classic Legend of Galactic Heroes.
By Mike Ptak.
www.pilotillustration.com
By Mike Ptak.
www.pilotillustration.com
Just stumbled upon this while reading some papers. This is a 4.1 billion year old zircon crystal being imaged using a x-ray beam from a synchrotron light source. The crystal is about 60µm long and it's possible to see tiny graphitic inclusions inside it!
February 13, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Just stumbled upon this while reading some papers. This is a 4.1 billion year old zircon crystal being imaged using a x-ray beam from a synchrotron light source. The crystal is about 60µm long and it's possible to see tiny graphitic inclusions inside it!
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I'm open!!!! Only a few slots this time while I get back into things. I can't wait to work with ya!
January 28, 2024 at 11:54 PM
I'm open!!!! Only a few slots this time while I get back into things. I can't wait to work with ya!
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TRANTORIAN DREAM (1983)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30" X 22"
Above the dreary spectacle of Trantor reduced to rubble, the protagonist gazes at the enigma of the Galaxy and attempts to divine its future course. 1/
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30" X 22"
Above the dreary spectacle of Trantor reduced to rubble, the protagonist gazes at the enigma of the Galaxy and attempts to divine its future course. 1/
February 5, 2024 at 2:49 PM
TRANTORIAN DREAM (1983)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30" X 22"
Above the dreary spectacle of Trantor reduced to rubble, the protagonist gazes at the enigma of the Galaxy and attempts to divine its future course. 1/
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30" X 22"
Above the dreary spectacle of Trantor reduced to rubble, the protagonist gazes at the enigma of the Galaxy and attempts to divine its future course. 1/
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Lynx Constellation done in watercolour and gouache on 9X12 hot press paper.
#Cat #Art #TraditionalArt #WaterColor
#Cat #Art #TraditionalArt #WaterColor
September 2, 2023 at 6:42 PM
Lynx Constellation done in watercolour and gouache on 9X12 hot press paper.
#Cat #Art #TraditionalArt #WaterColor
#Cat #Art #TraditionalArt #WaterColor