Enter! Misc. Avatar Contest: It Came From Planet X!

[CorporalCaptain]

Where did you get that image? That's really cool. The slight rotation there is interesting. I wonder if that's due to parallactic shift.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Where did you get that image? That's really cool. The slight rotation there is interesting. I wonder if that's due to parallactic shift.

That one I got from a Google Image Search, but the artificial parallax technique used to simulate 3d and the artist who first popularized it are discussed in depth here (with a link to his portfolio):
http://petapixel.com/2013/02/20/ama...ture-nebulae-in-3d-using-artificial-parallax/

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Thanks!

 

[Timewalker]

I plan to enter (just haven't decided yet, so many to choose from...). Love the one of Chris Hadfield upthread.

 

[Taylirious]

Halley's Comet

 

[auntiehill]

^very nice!

 

[Saga]

anymore entries?

 

[Timewalker]

Artist conception of "Planet 9" (the giant planet hypothesized to be beyond the Kuiper Belt)