Tactile globe (with relief)

Relief Dome of Enceladus with Active Plumes

Relief Dome of Enceladus with Active Plumes

Creative Director: Dan Goods Sculptor: Joby Harris Technical Integration: Shawn Jackson Fabricator: Fernando Escala at E Creative Group The Enceladus Half Dome exhibited at DPS/EPSC Pasadena, 2016. Description: a working 3D relief model of Enceladus, showing active water vapor geysers/plumes. Cartography: The model was sculpted as close to being topographically correct as possible. The cartographic base was […]
Dickert’s Moon Globe

Dickert’s Moon Globe

Location:  Bonn, Germany, 1850, transported to the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (189x-190x) Constructed by Th. Dickert. (Bonn, Germany) and JF Julius Schmidt (Athens, Greece). Size: 19.2 feet (diameter) Scale 1:600,000 Material: Yellow-matte plaster with 3x vertical exaggeration Topography after Mädler The original exhibit, in Bonn. Illustrirte Zeitung 589, Oct 14, 1854. Source: OC Farrington: […]
Tactile Globe of the Moon

Tactile Globe of the Moon

Authors: Amelia Ortiz-Gil (University of Valencia, Spain), Fernando Ballesteros (University of Valencia, Spain), and Alberto Fernández-Soto (Instituto de Física de Cantabria, Spain). Note: The globe is is not a topological representation of the Moon but a kind of tactile translation of the visual image specially designed for people with vision impairments. Contact address for requesting […]
Globe of the Moon at Griffith Observatory

Globe of the Moon at Griffith Observatory

 Location: Griffith Observatory Relief and albedo globe of the Moon (tactile). Illuminated from its side, and rotating. Screen shows names in English (not Latin). On another display, the changing phases of the Moon are shown in an animation showing topography only near the terminator.
Mars Globe at Ames Visitor Center

Mars Globe at Ames Visitor Center

Location: NASA Ames Exploration Center Relief and Albedo Globe of Mars, illuminated from below.
Globus Luny (1970)

Globus Luny (1970)

The globe was made using Luna and Zond  images. The globe is exhibited at the Memorial Museum of Astronautics in Moscow. The far side contains ambiguous formations as well as two names that has not neen approved by IAU for these features: Kondratiuk (probably not existing as a landform) and Kibalchich (now named Herzsprung).  Mykola […]