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Image:
10.00" x 7.50"
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2.00"
Frame Width:
0.88"
Overall:
15.50" x 13.00"
Tiger Stripes The Icy Jets of Enceladus Framed Print
by Lucy West
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Tiger Stripes The Icy Jets of Enceladus framed print by Lucy West. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
Design Details
Tiger Stripes wins BEST IN SHOW at Spacefest V, 2013!
From the South Pole of the frozen surface of Enceladus, enormous, effervescent jets of... more
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Comments (12)
Artist's Description
"Tiger Stripes" wins BEST IN SHOW at Spacefest V, 2013!
From the South Pole of the frozen surface of Enceladus, enormous, effervescent jets of icy brine spew volumes of vapor and ice particles at high speeds. Some of the material is jettisoned into space where it is snared by Saturn's gravity wherein Saturn's hazy "E" ring is created. The organic-rich compounds that make up this salty spray marks Enceladus as a potential habitable zone candidate!
Scientists theorize the jets originate deep below the moon's thick ice cap in a warm subsurface ocean and find their pressurized escape from vents along the steep "Tiger Stripe" trenches, nicknamed as such due to their distinct striping running in long veins across the moons ever-changing southern terrain.
I've been held spellbound by Enceladus since first viewing Cassini's stunning images of this little moon's sunlit jets and desolate landscapes, which can be seen at http://ciclops.org. With considerate input from Dr....
About Lucy West
Award winning artist Lucy West has over 40 years experience as a professional artist. Her works have been commissioned and/or exhibited by notable venues such as NASA's Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center, The House of Representatives in Washington D.C., Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ, The Art of Planetary Sciences in Tucson, AZ., World View Space Port in Tucson, AZ, Biosphere 2 in Oracle, AZ, the Bird Aviation Museum and Invention Center in Sagle, Idaho, fine art galleries and private collectors worldwide. Her space and science compositions are popular in the aerospace and science communities and are collected by astronauts, astronomers and scientists. She is a member of the International Association of Astronomical...
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Sharyn Winters
Lucy, your a artist after my own heart. I, too, enjoy learning about the universe around me, and in some way, convey the beauty, and the truth of it to those around me. I love this piece, the picture, and your wonderful description. Well done.
Lucy West
Big shoutout to the collector from Honolulu, HI!!
Sharyn Winters
Very intriguing picture, like it. Congrats!
Lucy West replied:
Thank you so much, Sharyn!
Bill Cannon
Congratulations on your sale!!!
Lucy West replied:
Thanks, Bill!!
Cynthia Adams
Congratulations on your sale..Well Done!
Lucy West replied:
Thanks so much, Cynthia!
Odon Czintos
Excellent work.Congrats on your sale.
Lucy West replied:
Thanks, Odon!! I always appreciate your visits.
Peter Krause
Superb.
Lucy West replied:
Thank you very much, Peter.
Tyler Robbins
what beautiful work...and story..everything in this is fabulous...makes me think, wonder, and imagine..what more can one say when an art piece does that? bravo, Lucy! f.v
Lucy West replied:
Tyler, your comment is one of THE BEST I have ever received. Thank you so much.
Lucy West
Shout out to the collector in Frankfort, KY! :)
Jean Walker
Love it Lucy....:)
Lucy West replied:
Thank you, Jean!!
Peri Craig
WOW! I am not normally one for space art, but your research and especially your execution of this work have totally caught my mind and imagination!
Lucy West replied:
Perl, your comment gives me goose bumps! Thanks you for your enthusiasm and for tuning into the wonders of the cosmos. And thanks for the great post.