Check out inside that dome!
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Update via Alec:
Prime 1's "Scorpion Alien"statue
Based on the cover from the comic Aliens: Incubation.
Saturday, September 29, 2018
Friday, September 28, 2018
SKULL COMET COMETH
via nbcnews:
It will arrive too late for Halloween this year, but an eerie, skull-shaped asteroid that some are calling the "death comet" is coming back for another visit.
On Nov. 11, asteroid 2015 TB145 will zoom past Earth at a distance of 25 million miles. The first observed flyby of the ghoulish space rock occurred on Oct. 31, 2015. At that time, the space rock — NASA dubbed it the "Great Pumpkin" asteroid — flew past at a much closer distance of about 300,000 miles (see video below). The moon orbits Earth at an average distance of 239,000 miles.
With a diameter of roughly 2,000 feet, the asteroid is too small and too far away to be seen with the naked eye. It was discovered on Oct. 10, 2015, by the Pan-STARRS1 telescope high atop the dormant Haleakala volcano on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
If initial radar images of 2015 TB145 indicated that the space rock resembled a human skull, subsequent images showed it to be “much rougher” than originally thought, Vishnu Reddy, a professor of planetary sciences at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Lab
The asteroid is thought to be an extinct comet — the rocky remains of a comet stripped of its icy bits by repeated close encounters with the sun. As comets draw near the sun on their elliptical orbital paths, the heat converts their ice into gas, which then trails out into space to create the characteristic tail.
The asteroid is classified as potentially hazardous because of its size and proximity to Earth. But astronomers who have tracked its trajectory say there’s no chance it will collide with the planet.
The next close approach won’t be until 2088, when the asteroid will come within 5.4 million miles of Earth.
UPDATE:
It's actually Braniac!
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
NORM BREYFOGLE PASSED AWAY
Sad news today, as it's being reported artist NORM BREYFOGLE passed away on Monday at the age of 58.
Breyfogle was one of the artists who's artwork graced the pages of my first Batman comics in the mid/late 80s. His take on Batman was charged with energy; sharp, fluid, terrifying! He also redesigned Robin's costume (which Tim Drake wore for decades) and one of the most memorable Batmobiles to date!
Check out just a small sampling of his incredible work on Batman:
[ Recommended: Shadow of the Bat - The Last Arkham ]
Check out this "Batman: Black and White" Statue honoring Breyfogle's take on the Dark Knight!:
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
IN HONOR OF FASHION WEEK: ALIEN DRESS
by Ted Graves
Update:
Here's another one (thanks, Danny Green!)
Here's another one (thanks, Danny Green!)
TUESDAY COSPLAY: ACE VENTURA
"I'm ready to go in, coach, just give me a chance. I know there's a lot of riding on it, but it's all psychological. Just gotta stay in a positive frame of mind. I'm gonna execute a button-hook pattern, super slo-mo. Let's see that in an instant replay..."
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