"I can say that I'm probably sitting here (Mars Society Conference) today because of space art. That's what hooked me when I was five years old. The illustrations in my astronomy books when I was a kid were, as I have written, like ‘magic portals’ that transported me from my parents' house to other worlds." -Andrew Chaikin #art #painting #space #nature #minds

Marmolada Mountain, Italy. The mountain in northeastern Italy is the highest mountain of the Dolomites (a section of the Alps). It lies between the borders of Trentino and Veneto, about 100 kilometers north-west of Venice. #art #Italy #photography #nature #outdoors

“The camera basically is a license to explore.” -Jerry Uelsmann #art #photography #nature #outdoors #minds