…imagery.
As humans, we are visual creatures with the ability to see depth and perceive colours unlike any other species on earth. Through the advancement of photography by digitization or even 3D lasers, we can now see things as we never have before.
In the past, we saw the surface of the Moon or Mars and other planets through the eyes of the artists. Now, we can actually see what composes the heavenly bodies through beamed pictures from the originating crafts.
Hubble’s pictures of the nebulae are breathtakingly beautiful. The panoramas of the Martian surface are unbelievable, as are the detailed pictures of Earth from the shuttles and the Imax film from the International Space Station. The Earthrise from the lunar surface will always be an awesome sight for us, as it reminds us how fragile our planet really is and how alone we are amongst the stars.
Through laser imaging, we can now see the earth, the skies and the oceans in the kind of detail never imagined before. These sorts of pictures also tell us how we are treating our home and can perhaps guide us on how we can repair the damage we’ve done.
As a child, when I first heard of Sputnik, and then the Cosmonauts and Astronauts, I wondered what they saw, and I hoped to see pictures of it all. Today, through the magic of digital cameras and laser imaging, we can see as far away as the next galaxy or as close to the atom that makes up the world we live in.
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words; however, these images that we see leave us at a loss for words.
Ms
Yvonne
Penney
Board of Directors
Canadian Space Society
Professional Category:
Education
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