Planetfall

Sublime photographs from across the solar system, by Michael Benson:


Mimas Over Saturn’s Ring Shadows Cassini, Jan. 18, 2005 , 2011

"Benson takes raw data from NASA and European Space Agency archives and processes it, creating large-format landscapes. He edits, composites, then frequently mosaics, and then finally optimizes these images, producing seamless digital C prints of landscapes beyond direct human experience."


Night Side of Saturn Cassini, October 28, 2006


Saturn, Mimas and Tethys Cassini, July 16, 2005


Mimas Over Saturn Cassini, November 7, 2004


Neptune and Triton Voyager 2, August 31, 1989

Michael has a new art book Planetfall: New Solar System Visions (Abrams).

Via io9