Artist Don Davis has placed into the public domain paintings commissioned by NASA. The series of paintings stretching from the mid 1970’s to 1990’s show a look at both real and fictional space travel. Works include paintings of Voyager 2 and 4, as well as futuristic views of space colonies.

Don Davis on Wikipedia
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We posted yesterday on where you could see McNaught’s Comet. Found a few video’s of the comet today. This one is actually made of pictures of McNaught’s time lapsed together. Cooler looking than just a plain video, seeing as the thing isn’t really streaking by at thousands of miles an hour. Ok, well it is, but it doesn’t really look like it from the ground. Time lapse stuff is just cool anyway. So there you go.

Unfortunately I’m kind of on the wrong side of the planet to catch this event. But you might not be. Residents of Australia and New Zealand have the chance to see the brightest comet in 40 years. McNaught’s Comet, discovered just last August, will appear six times brighter than the Hale-Bopp Comet and 100 times brighter then Halley’s Comet. So where can you see McNaught’s Comet? Check the southwest evening sky toward the horizon after sunset.

Looks like I may stand corrected on the viewing locale. Check here for some great pictures of McNaught’s Comet from all over the place. Even some daylight picts.