#30YearsOfAPOD

StellarSnapstellarsnap
2025-06-16

📸 APOD is 30 Years Old Today
To mark 30 years of Astronomy Picture of the Day, this image recreates Van Gogh’s The Starry Night using 1,836 APOD images arranged into 32,232 tiles. A beautiful cosmic tribute made possible by contributors, volunteers, and readers. Thank you for 30 years of discovery.
📅 June 16, 2025
📷 Dario Giannobile / dariogiannobile.com
🔗 stellarsnap.space

A pixelated mosaic recreation of Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, composed of 1,836 individual APOD images arranged into over 32,000 tiles. From a distance, the image resembles the iconic swirls and stars of the original painting, while up close, each tile reveals a photograph of a celestial object, such as galaxies, nebulae, planets, or deep-sky phenomena. The artwork celebrates the 30th anniversary of NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day.

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