
MICHAEL WHITTLE
Drawing | 2017
(Thermal map of lunar southpole - daytime)
The NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spent 8 years in a stable elliptical orbit passing low over the lunar south pole once every 2 hours. Its Radiometer collects thermal measurements of surface temperatures, and this drawing used that data to create lunar monstrance of daytime temperatures.
Size
43 x 55 inches - Framed
Materials
Ink, pencil and watercolour on paper
Authenticity
Hand signed by the artist
Lunar Monstrance, Daytime
MICHAEL WHITTLE
Drawing | 2017
(Thermal map of lunar southpole - daytime)
The NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spent 8 years in a stable elliptical orbit passing low over the lunar south pole once every 2 hours. Its Radiometer collects thermal measurements of surface temperatures, and this drawing used that data to create lunar monstrance of daytime temperatures.
Size
43 x 55 inches - Framed
Materials
Ink, pencil and watercolour on paper
Authenticity
Hand signed by the artist