“One of my earliest Space Colony paintings was based on the giant ‘Model 3’ cylindrical habitats envisioned by Gerard O'Neill. I imagined the clouds forming at an ‘altitude’ around the rotation axis.
At this time the scene is bathed in the ruddy light of all the sunrises and sunsets on Earth at that moment as the colony briefly enters the Earths shadow, out at the L5 Lagrangian point where stable locations are easily maintained. Oil on canvas panel disposition unknown.”
In the 1970s the Princeton physicist Gerard O’Neill, with the help of NASA Ames Research Center and Stanford University, held a series of space colony summer studies which explored the possibilities of humans living in giant orbiting spaceships. Colonies housing about 10,000 people were designed and a number of artistic renderings of the concepts were made.
In the 1970s the Princeton physicist Gerard O’Neill, with the help of NASA Ames Research Center and Stanford University, held a series of space colony summer studies which explored the possibilities of humans living in giant orbiting spaceships. Colonies housing about 10,000 people were designed and a number of artistic renderings of the concepts were made.
“I’m trying to get the word out about the first ever Ethiopian, Female superhero, created by Etan Comics. The series is called Hawi and it’s available in both English and Amharic(official language of Ethiopia) translations. It’s produced by an all African team and happens to be the first of it’s kind. I’m assuming your blog deals with topics like this, and I was wondering if you could get the word out as well? I’m not in any way affiliated with Etan Comics, but I do care deeply about making sure this series is a success. (Seeing Ethiopians get represented like this means a lot to me as an Ethiopian-American myself.) It needs way more publicity than it’s getting!
It’s available for pre-order right now!” - abriefinqure
Sahara el Beyda - the White Desert - 45 km from Farafra is a place visited by foreign tourists and some schools in Egypt as a location for camping trips. Farafra has about 5,000 inhabitants and is mostly inhabited by Bedouins. The town has complete quarters of traditional architecture, simple, smooth, unadorned, all in mud colour — local culture and traditional methods of building and carrying out repairs have been supported by tourism. Often grouped within Farafra are the hot springs at Bir Sitta - the Sixth Well - and El-Mufid lake.
