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The Carina Nebula (with the massive star Eta Carina in the spotlight) on the screens at the Vislab in the ACES building at UT. Photo 2010.
This is just a section of the whole array of monitors – there are a total of 75 monitors at 2560×1600 resolution. Photos, of course, do not do it justice!

Skeleton of a gorilla at the Academy of Natural Sciences Natural History Museum in Philadelphia. August 2006.

Crescent moon and Venus. August 2005.

Part of the Peekskill Meteorite. American Museum of Natural History, Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites, August 2006.
This is a fragment of one of the more famous meteorites to fall to earth. It is well-known for two reasons – first, it was caught on video (since it conveniently entered our atmosphere during high school football games!) [...]