Spaced! Chris Keegan's cloud-spotting pareidolic pursuits goes intergalactic

Date
20 June 2012

Y’know those breezy summer days when you lie on the grass and cloudgaze, spotting dinosaurs, lampshades, oceans and strange faces with a variety of expressions? Well, Chris Keegan does a very long-distance version of this. We’re talking light years. Digitally manipulating images found by NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory, Keegan’s Celestial Artworks feature all sorts of creatures built of the stars, space-clouds and various naturally-occuring visuals found far, far away.

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Chris Keegan: Black Body

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Chris Keegan: Phoenix

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Chris Keegan: Wiseman

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Chris Keegan: Magellanic Cloud

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Chris Keegan: Star Seal

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Chris Keegan: Space Face

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