@jfayre@mstdn keeps producing these beauties from his 3D printer; such a great opportunity to learn about what things look like for Blind folk!
The Invisible Universe
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This is a space to showcase astronomy and space exploration content that's accessible to blind and low vision folk. Image descriptions, sonifications, tactile graphics, there're lots of ways for astronomy to be inclusive of everybody!
Geek attack! Astronaut and author and space law crafter and musician Mr. Hadfield did some book signing for kids who are CNIB clients. The signatures were treated so that the print also became tactile. A friend who knows me well had the opportunity to skim off an extra just for me. Oh Mr. Hadfield, we’re one step closer to an interview, then an informal jam.
This photo, described in the alt text by an AI description that's ridiculously long because I kept asking for more infirmation, is of a 3D print of the Mars Perseverance Rover, printed and painstakingly assembled, with glew and everything, by the intrepid @jfayre. It's exploring the treacherous landscape of our backyard