Imagery

What's behind the starry flap? Follow the jump to see today's scene, the latest in a collection of space imagery compiled by Alan Taylor for the Boston Globe's photo blog, The Big Picture.

Freddie Wong's deft short captures the hands-high stance, the angular gait, and the ragdoll morbidity of the first-person shooter genre. Video after the jump.

The movie that inspired science fiction cinema offers the first making-of pictures in the history of the genre.

Astonishing caverns near the Ascraeus volcano on Mars aren't the holes left by Frank Herbert's sandworms, but they may evince past volcanic activity.

In space, no one can hear you munch your popcorn. Video after the jump.

A controversial radio-controlled flight over Manhattan brings a measure of joy and wonder to the New York City skyline.

This flat-pack pinhole camera doubles as a postcard to offer something like a photo-sharing snail-net. But the sentiment that motivates its ad campaign is bizarre.

The Earth's shadow cast against the Moon evokes the space shuttle Discovery's dwindling, penumbral career.

The eyes of Xenos peckii, a miniscule parasitic fly, inspire optical engineers with their ability to stitch small images into a composite picture.

"Just think how many periodic tables you could put on my whole head!"