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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

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Speculative solar system landscapes

« Comment on s'est longtemps représenté le monde de Vénus, évoquant l'époque Carbonifère terrestre »

/How we have long represented the world of Venus, evoking the terrestrial Carboniferous era

by Lucien Rudaux, Sur les autres mondes (1937)

#spaceart #venus #LucienRudaux #space #art #astroart

A monochrome, old-fashioned depiction of a landscape shrouded in haze evoking the Carboniferous era. The Sun hangs low on the horizon and reflects upon the still waters of a lake, the shores of which are populated with various sorts of plants.

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Winchell Chung ⚛🚀 @nyrath@spacey.space · 2 months ago

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As you know, science popularizers of that time had the quaint notion that terrestrial planets ages were correlated with orbital distance from Sol.

So Mercury was a lifeless planet piping hot from the solar oven, Venus was a Dinosaur age swampy planet, Earth is modern planet, and Mars is an ancient dried up dying planet.

Daniel Pomarède @pomarede@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

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@nyrath thanks! I didn't know, very interesting!

A 𑐴𑐶𑐟𑐶 (hiti) is an ancient Newah urban water feature: a stepped, sunken courtyard with waterspouts and a central pool. These are fed through a remarkable network of pipes, reservoirs, and irrigation systems drawing water from mountain springs dozens of kilometres away. Every day, hundreds of people from the neighbourhood come to draw water, bathe, and exchange news. They are a unique and precious feature of Newa urban architecture through which neighbourhoods are created.

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