Universe Today
Need some inspiration for carving your Halloween pumpkin? Look no further. Last year we featured some
amazing feats of Halloween pumpkin carving
, and this year the field is just as impressive. And what could be scarier than seven minutes of terror and Dragons? This year many carvers went with a Mars Science Laboratory theme, as did
Will Gater
, who brandished his carving knife in this outstanding re-creation of Curiosity being lowered by the Skycrane.
See more, below:
Liz Warren (
@spasmunkey
) carved an eery view of Curiosity on Mars.
Curiosity lasering a rock "for science!" said carver and planetary scientist Dr. Sarah Horst (
@PlanetDr
)
Someone at Johnson Space Center (
@NASA-Johnson
) is pretty handy with a pumpkin carving knife and deftly paid tribute to SpaceX's recent success with the Dragon capsule visiting the International Space Station and safely returning cargo and experiments.
And here's a timelapse video of a pumpkin artist creating a tribute to the recent Red Bull Stratos jump from the stratosphere: