NASA SERIES: GALILEO

— The NASSA Series: art inspired by outer space. Each final painting was inspired by a photo posted to the NASA Instagram account*.

— “Our Galileo spacecraft took this false-color mosaic, constructed from a series of 53 images, as the spacecraft zoomed over the northern regions of our Moon on December 7, 1992. The spacecraft was on its way to Jupiter.​ ​The mosaic helps us see variations in parts of the Moon's northern hemisphere. Bright pinkish areas are the lunar highlands, including the ones surrounding the oval lava-filled Crisium impact basin toward the bottom of the picture. Blue-to-orange shades indicate ancient volcanic lava flows.​ ​To the left of Crisium is the dark blue Mare Tranquillitatis, where Apollo 11 landed. It’s richer in titanium than the green and orange areas above it. Thin mineral-rich soils associated with relatively recent meteorite or asteroid impacts are represented by light blue colors; the youngest craters have prominent blue rays extending from them.​ ​Credit: NASA/JPL.” To view the original inspiration photo/post for this painting, click here.

— To see this painting being made, click here.

— Acrylic on canvas

— High-gloss finish

— 16 x 20

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— *All credits go to their respective photographers. Ryan Beshel does not own any rights to the original images or posts.