> Thanks! Fascinating book in my opinion and very accessible as regards the
> science. I think it is regretable that Carl Sagan has died - he really
> could speak sciene into a language even I with my 12th grade max education
> could understand.

I read most of it at the age of 13 and I could get most of the essence of
the book. He did a wonderful job.

Do you remember the TV series? It's probably the only TV show ever for which
I never missed one episode.

> Hey! That's an idea. Remember the Daedelus ship, the Bussard Ramscoop and
> the the Orion starship proposals Sagan made? Those would be nice rendering
> projects...

There are many interesting images there, many that would be worth rendering.
That's a fantastic idea. I loved those paintings portraying the possible
lifeforms in Jupiter...

http://homepage2.nifty.com/seyfert/rpg/dp9/recommended/cosmos_jovian640x480.jpg

I wonder what a 3D rendered image would look like with modern technology.
The painting is already fantastic... a very interesting project indeed.

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Roberto Amorim wrote:

> Do you remember the TV series? It's probably the only TV show ever for
> which I never missed one episode.

Too young for that - it showed here on local TV when I was about 5 or 6 I
guess? Remember old Star Trek TV series from then, but not Cosmos.
 
>> Hey! That's an idea. Remember the Daedelus ship, the Bussard Ramscoop and
>> the the Orion starship proposals Sagan made? Those would be nice
>> rendering projects...
> 
> There are many interesting images there, many that would be worth
> rendering. That's a fantastic idea. I loved those paintings portraying the
> possible lifeforms in Jupiter...

I did as well. It was incredible what Jon Lomberg (I think he painted the
one you are referring to) could do with -paint-. I wonder if he is still
active and if he traces?
 
> I wonder what a 3D rendered image would look like with modern technology.
> The painting is already fantastic... a very interesting project indeed.

I agree. I wonder if Jon Lomberg as a site - will go and google a bit.

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I saw your images and that Cosmos episode came immediately to mind. 
Great job.

You only need a turtle-necked semi-hippie astronomer talking in the 
middle of the scene :)

Fernando


Stefan Viljoen wrote:
> An old rendering, made from a photo in the "Cosmos" science book by Carl
> Sagan.
> 
> 
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Stefan Viljoen wrote:

> "Hey Christopoulous! You idiot! I told you it was gamma not theta here!"

I doubt whether around 140 BC *Christo*poulos would have been a common 
Greek name... and perhaps an ordinary stone cutter in Alexandria would 
rather have been Egyptian but Greek!

Just my two puls...

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Stefan Viljoen wrote:


> Too young for that - it showed here on local TV when I was about 5 or 6 I
> guess? Remember old Star Trek TV series from then, but not Cosmos.

I doubt whether it was ever shown in Western Germany, where I grew up...
but much later I discovered that Vangelis, the crownless king of
electronic music, composed the soundtrack, I think it was the Albedo
0.39 album!

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Yadgar wrote:
> I doubt whether around 140 BC *Christo*poulos would have been a common 
> Greek name

It means "Anointed" in Greek. I.e., "Christ" wasn't Jesus' name, it was 
his title.

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Fernando G. del Cueto wrote:

> I saw your images and that Cosmos episode came immediately to mind.
> Great job.
> 
> You only need a turtle-necked semi-hippie astronomer talking in the
> middle of the scene :)

Thanks... you don't happen to know where I can get hold of the Cosmos LP
music on CD? Anybody still selling that somewhere?

Thanks again for the comment!

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Stefan Viljoen wrote:
> Thanks... you don't happen to know where I can get hold of the Cosmos LP
> music on CD? Anybody still selling that somewhere?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000NN4/qid=1097277794/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-0987687-6972149?v=glance&s=music

Albedo 0.39 has the theme music. IIRC, there were 2 or 3 different 
albums the music used came from. But this is the "main theme" music.

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Darren New wrote:
> Albedo 0.39 has the theme music. IIRC, there were 2 or 3 different 
> albums the music used came from. But this is the "main theme" music.

Also, I think "Heaven and Hell" by the same composer had some cuts, too.

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Darren New wrote:

> Stefan Viljoen wrote:
>> Thanks... you don't happen to know where I can get hold of the Cosmos LP
>> music on CD? Anybody still selling that somewhere?
> 
> http://www.
> 
> Albedo 0.39 has the theme music. IIRC, there were 2 or 3 different
> albums the music used came from. But this is the "main theme" music.

Thanks Darren. I'll go take a look. :)

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