Gallery: Luscious Space Photos Made by Hacking an Old Scanner
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There's a trick to Navid Baraty's stunning images of outer space...
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They're not, in fact, of the cosmos. Baraty makes them by scanning crap from around the house on an Epson.
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This "black hole" is the bottom of a glass of coffee, with salt, sugar, corn starch, cinnamon sprinkled around.
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This nebula is actually cat fur, garlic powder, salt, flour, cumin, and turmeric spices.
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More cooking ingredients: olive oil, sesame oil, water, cumin, cinnamon, and flour.
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This planet is the bottom of a glass containing half and half, some water, and food coloring. Beautiful image, disgusting drink.
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More spackled baking ingredients.
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Baking soda, curry powder, chalk, salt, sugar, and cinnamon make this galaxy.
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You could look at Baraty’s fictional space mission as photographic research.
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It’s amazing what the human eye will fall for given the right combination of context and mystery.
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“I think the awe and wonder of space ignites our innate curiosity as humans,” Baraty says.
