r/spaceporn • u/npjprods • Jan 16 '22

The first simulated image of a black hole, calculated with an IBM 7040 computer using 1960 punch cards and hand-plotted by French astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Luminet in 1978 Pro/Processed

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u/B-the-Excellent Jan 16 '22

Why do I like this version of a black hole better? Something about it seems ominous.

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u/BEST_RAPPER_ALIVE Jan 16 '22

I think it’s the blackness of the hole

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u/B-the-Excellent Jan 16 '22

It's definitely got to do with the contrast. Just something about old IBM tech kind of feels alien sometimes.

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u/cos_tan_za Jan 16 '22

But also the blackness of the hole.

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u/winterbird Jan 16 '22

Personally, I like how the black hole is black in the hole part.

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u/KeegalyKnight Jan 16 '22

Hey! That’s my favorite part too!

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u/Eli_eve Jan 16 '22

I wonder if r/PixelArt would like it.

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u/cubelith Jan 16 '22

Not quite the same, but worth crossposting probably

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u/uberflieger Jan 16 '22

they would love it!

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u/wolfpack_charlie Jan 16 '22

It's like how the PS1 graphics make the original silent hill scarier. Lower fidelity has a certain other-worldliness

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '22

Retro aesthetic. It's like a blackhole in Return of the Obra Dinn.

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u/ChronoAndMarle Jan 16 '22

My exact first thought

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u/crazyprsn Jan 16 '22

It kinda looks like the eye of a cosmic beast

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u/Rs90 Jan 16 '22

Well it looks like a drawing someone made from memory. Suggesting someone saw it somehow and drew it. Which gives the picture a very "out of place" feeling. As if someone saw something they should, by all accounts, NOT be able to see. Which is like..straight up Cosmic Horror shit.

There's a rather terrifying effect behind something out of place or otherwise shouldn't exist. Like imagine finding some paintings from the 14th Century with Ronald McDonald in the background. Big yellow arches in the shape of an "M" and all. It would freak you tf out because it's something that shouldn't be there. It's reality shattering. And that's terrifying. Just my opinion.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '22

Most celestial objects look super cool and creepy in a vintage look. Kinda like discovering that ancient civilizations knew about these things in a crude manner, a strange feeling of rediscovering something.

Search for the opening of the tv show raised by wolves. It gives the same feeling the above pic does.

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u/solifugo Jan 16 '22

I just want this as a tattoo asap!