New Week::New Theme: Ring of Fire Photographer and passionate astronomy hobbyist, Jia Hao, went to Western Australia in May 2013 to create … More
Category: Space
2016-037 – Solar Eclipse Mandala
This week’s MotD theme: Here Comes the Sun Norwegian architect and photographer, Isabelle Bacher, captured this extraordinary shot of last … More
362 – Harvest Moon Mandala
Corvallis photographer, Kat Sloma, of Kat Eye Studio, created this stunning moment in time of the harvest moon…using literal imaging as well … More
329 – Psychedelic Pluto Mandala
Now this is more like the way I would color a planet if given the opportunity!
Earlier this year, NASA’s New Horizons did it’s closest flyby past the last known planet in our solar system: Pluto. Since then, scientists have been working with (or in this case coloring with) the data to gain more insight about this adorable planet’s surface.
296 – Monster Stars Mandalas
In keeping with the Halloween theme, today we showcase two “monster” stars kissing as they head to their doom. Luís Calçada’s rendering of this kiss gives us two beautiful blue fire ball stars with lots of swirls very similar to Van Gogh’s Starry Night painting.
272 – Mars Mandala
Big news yesterday…NASA confirms evidence of intermittent liquid water on present-dayMars! And in honor of this announcement, I present to you one of NASA’s more interesting photos of Mars (IMHO). While Earth is considered the blue dot in space…Mars would be the red dot.
260 – Miniature Mandala
South African artist, Lorraine Loots, creates these amazing miniature works of art which she affectionately calls “Paintings for Ants”. She’s been creating these minuscule paintings every day since January 1, 2013. Her art covers the whole gamut of subjects: musical instruments, animals, statues, galactic, plants, people and everything in between.
Mandala of the Day 