Universe Today
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When it comes to Halloween, there are some very creative people out there. Unfortunately, I'm not one of them, but I've been enjoying some incredible space-themed Jack-O-Lanterns that people on Twitter have been sharing. Above is an amazing re-creation of the Moon by astronomer and science writer
Will Gater
(
@willgater
) which shows the maria, craters and the rays from Tycho crater.
Below, a group of Space Tweeps got together and had a "Space-o-lantern" carving party: take a look!
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Here's Yuri Gagarin in intricate detail in the "Gargarkin" created by Rachel Hobson,
@avgjanecrafter
on Twitter. See more at Rachel's blog,
Average Jane Crafter
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Liz Warren (
@spasmunkey
) specializes in space-o-lanterns of various space shuttle mission patches. Above in the STS-130 patch and below is STS-120.
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And here's a planetary pumpkin from Jen Scheer (
@flyingjenny
).
These creative Space Tweeps declared the First Ever World-Wide Space-O-Lantern Carving Day on October 28, 2011, and you can see more at
their Flickr page.
Create your own Space-O-Lanterns and upload to the group!