Smashing Magazine (a fantastic blog about design) had a really great post recently about pixel art.
Maybe it’s the 8-bit kid in me… I am drawn to this form of artwork. The amount of time and energy to create some of these pictures is truly impressive. I think when I was in my early teens I tried to create some pixelated graphics like this, and failed miserably.
dammit.
not again, Bruce.
why did this make me laugh so hard?
2001 - 2010 A Mac Odyssey Infographic
The most detailed picture of a sunspot
The photo shows a sun spot at about 3600ºC, surrounded by a mosaic at 5800ºC. The image was taken on July 2 with the Big Bear Solar Observatory team; a 5.25-feet telescope that is able to resolve sun details as small as 45 kilometers in optimal conditions. The image itself shows details measuring 0.09 arcseconds, which is about 65 kilometers.
Source: Gizmodo
