Engineer at Adobe, previously Microsoft.
This account is for my updates on little side quests.
I live in Northern California.
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Still experimenting a little with different perspectives of a golden metallic 3D print of the cosmic velocity web.
When placed on a pure copper foil, the light caustics are reminiscent of a warm flame 🔥
Metallic 3D print of the nearby universe, i.e. the cosmic velocity web. The reflections are a result of direct sunlight when taking the photo.
Lost-wax casting was used for the 3D print, following by manual polishing process.
In this pic, it's in a cosmic blue box with a decorative gold dust galaxy in inner lid.
Several years ago, I learnt about "Laniakea", our home supercluster. I happen to speak some Hawaiian, so every celestial object named in the Hawaiian language catches my attention.
When I asked @pomarede about 3D models of Laniakea, he pointed me to a bigger structure than Laniakea: the cosmic velocity web.
There's a nice visual in this University of Hawaiʻi article: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2017/08/11/the-cosmic-velocity-web/
So I decided to try to 3D print the cosmic v-web in several materials, photo of metallic version:
