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.
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Killing Spree
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.
Read More »Making Metropolis
The movie that inspired science fiction cinema offers the first making-of pictures in the history of the genre.
Read More »Holes in Martian surface hint at caverns below
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.
Read More »Modern Times: A Space Odyssey
In space, no one can hear you munch your popcorn. Video after the jump.
Read More »Man On Wireless
A controversial radio-controlled flight over Manhattan brings a measure of joy and wonder to the New York City skyline.
Read More »The camera that can take the happiness of their life
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.
Read More »Total Eclipse of the Shuttle
The Earth's shadow cast against the Moon evokes the space shuttle Discovery's dwindling, penumbral career.
Read More »For smaller lenses, look to the smallest insects
The eyes of Xenos peckii, a miniscule parasitic fly, inspire optical engineers with their ability to stitch small images into a composite picture.
Read More »The Smallest Periodic Table in the World?
"Just think how many periodic tables you could put on my whole head!"
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