Ele Willoughby, PhD

New print for #Spacetober_challenge prompt day 16: parachute! 🪂

This is a collaged lino block print with an image of the parachute deployed during the descent of the Mars Perseverance rover as it landed on the planet February 18, 2021. The spacecraft team selected the red and white stripes to encode a secret message in binary: "DARE MIGHTY THINGS" along with
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Oct 16 at 11:25amWeb
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the latitude and longitude of the Jet Propulsion Labs, in Pasadena, California (34°11’58” N 118°10’31” W). The letters and numbers appear in black. This 8" x 8" print is made by hand on lovely Japanese papers.

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/4378857715

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