Hundreds of deep space missions since the 1960s have captured stunning
photographs of the cosmos. Many of these scientific images can also be
classified as art. This book highlights more than 100 examples,
revealing the splendor of our universe.
This book is a gallery of human accomplishment that celebrates the
scientists and engineers who push civilization--including the ways that
we produce and experience art--beyond the physical limits of our planet.
The photographs, selected by Dr. Jim Bell, represent some of the finest
examples of the art of deep space exploration, most of them involving
high-tech robotic emissaries. The images are loosely organized by
distance from the Earth, so that readers will slowly travel on a journey
farther and farther away from home, ultimately voyaging out to vistas of
the farthest-known places in the universe.