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Stan Gaz is a photographer who has taken a series of pictures of impact structures — the one here is Meteor Crater in Arizona (click to embiggen).
Starting April 30 and running through June 6, his photos will be on exhibit in New York City. Arrrg! I was just there! I would love to see this! Any BABloggees in the Big Apple — especially ones who just saw my talk on this very topic at the Hayden Planetarium — should check this out.
I imagine his prints will be on sale, too. And say, isn’t my birthday soon?
Tip o’ the headless hat to RedSeaRoadkill.
April 27th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
You want us to buy you pictures of holes in the ground for your birthday? Consider it done.
April 27th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
In this era of sterile digital snapshots, it is WONDERFUL to see someone carrying on the the tradition of Ansel Adams and people like him.
April 27th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
So, when IS your birthday?
Those are some stunning photgraphs. I wish I could go see the show too.
April 27th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
The Ottawa (Canada) Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society have a team of explorers that are documenting the impact structures of this continent.
http://ottawa-rasc.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Odale-Articles
Chuck O’Dale
April 27th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
A million years ago, before the crater became a national monument, I hiked down to the bottom. At that time, there was the remains of a mining excavation near the center, which seems to have been removed in the interim.
April 27th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Well, Phil, you know I love you and all… However, at $5000 for 30 x 40 inch image? I’d be hard pressed to pick one of these up for my lovely wife… Even when she likes me…
April 28th, 2009 at 5:10 am
[...] picture was posted by Phil Plait and I was mesmerized. Stan Gaz, the photographer of this image of Meteor Crater in Arizona, will be [...]
April 28th, 2009 at 6:01 am
@ DarylScience -
$5000 for a big print? I am so in the wrong line of work!
April 28th, 2009 at 6:03 am
BA, if you’re fishing for birthday gifts, how’s this one: I just got my copy of DFTS from Amazon last night. See you at TAM: London (I hope).
April 28th, 2009 at 7:45 am
[...] Vía Bad Astronomy [...]
April 28th, 2009 at 9:03 am
[...] Het is werkelijk een adembenemende foto van de beroemde Barringer Krater in Arizona, nietwaar? Stan Gaz nam ‘m, ergens in 2007 vanuit de lucht. Vanaf komende donderdag, Koninginnedag bij ons, exposeert hij deze foto met nog een heleboel anderen in Clampart, New York, en dat duurt tot en met 6 juni. Mocht je die periode dus in The Big Apple bivakeren dan weet je waar je wezen moet. De krater is genoemd naar Daniel Moreau Barringer, de geoloog die in 1902 voor het eerst vermoedde dat de oorzaak van de krater de inslag van een meteoriet moet zijn geweest. Dat moet ongeveer 50.000 jaar geleden gebeurd zijn en de dader was een nikkel-ijzer meteoriet van 50 meter doorsnede. De krater zelf is 1.200 meter in diameter en de grootste diepte is 170 meter. Dat moet een flinke klap zijn geweest. Bron: Bad Astronomy. [...]
April 28th, 2009 at 10:59 am
*singing* Heaven. I’m in Heaven.
Awesome picture!
April 28th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Nice picture. I’m not sure how he made the crater look like the apex of a hill, but the surrounding area is VERY flat. Mining ruins still litter the area (they gave up looking for the main mass of the impactor about 100 years ago.
Also, it’s interesting to note how close the impact came to the visitor’s center! (old Gene Shoemaker joke)
KP
April 30th, 2009 at 11:41 am
[...] goes to Phil Plait at Discover Magazine for tipping me off about this. Comments [...]
April 30th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
You should all know by now that Phil is a con artist. I have it on good authority (his birth records) that his birthday is five months away.
April 30th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
I’m not certain what “civikity” is. You’d think I would know how to spell my own name!