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16 Nov 18:54
Photographer Spotlight: Ben Clement
by Staff
photographer Ben Clement (previously featured here).
If you think about Olympic Diving, with it’s precision, grace and minimal splash. Now think of the opposite. Bombing is part of the New Zealand DNA. People who bomb come in all shapes, sizes, ages and backgrounds. It’s a thing for everyone and can be done off jetties, bridges, trees, boats, riverbanks and basically anything that will give you access to a body of water. Bombing takes finesse, and is as much about style as it is how big your splash is. Some people specialise in types of bombs. The main one being a ‘Manu’ or in some parts of New Zealand it’s called a ‘Mangare’. Other names are, Staples, Storms and Blackouts. When it comes to competition, it was something originally just done between friends, whoever had the best bomb of the day didn’t have to buy dinner etc. Now over the last few years there has been a national competition that displays the best bombers from all over the country and offers prize money for the top contenders.
As a photographer who is originally from New Zealand, being able to photograph something I grew up being a part of is really special. Especially understanding the ins and outs of it, being a part of the culture as to not bastardise it. From the outside perspective people may not understand it, but it’s something that brings a lot of people together and is a special part of New Zealand culture.
11 Oct 16:06
Artist Spotlight: Mark Tennant
by Staff
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26 Sep 16:04
Stuck on the Rings
Tethys appears to be stuck to Saturn's A and F rings from this perspective.
26 Sep 16:03
The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars
The Pelican Nebula is slowly being transformed.
04 Sep 23:27
An Infrared View of the M81 Galaxy
Located in the northern constellation of Ursa Major, which also includes the Big Dipper, nearby galaxy Messier 81 is easily visible through binoculars or a small telescope.
31 Aug 19:30
Hubble Views Final Stages of a Star’s Life
NGC 5307, a planetary nebula that lies about 10,000 light-years from Earth, can be seen in the constellation Centaurus.
23 Aug 15:23
Hubble Captures Dynamic Dying Star
This Hubble image shows a dark, gloomy scene in the constellation of Gemini (the Twins). The subject of this image confused astronomers when it was first studied — rather than being classified as a single object, it was instead recorded as two objects, owing to its symmetrical lobed structure.
14 Aug 16:41
Supernova Cannon Expels Pulsar J0002
What could shoot out a neutron star like a cannon ball?
11 Aug 13:09
Hubble Catches 2 Galaxies at Play
This galactic duo is known as UGC 2369. The galaxies are interacting, meaning that their mutual gravitational attraction is pulling them closer and closer together and distorting their shapes in the process.
26 Jul 17:57
Hubble Snaps a Galactic Potpourri of Particles
The sharply angled perspective in this Hubble image of spiral galaxy NGC 3169 makes it seem as if we, the viewers, are craning our necks to see over a barrier into the galaxy's bright center. In the case of NGC 3169, this barrier is the thick dust embedded within the galaxy's spiral arms.
14 Jul 00:27
Hubble Peers at Galactic Cherry Blossoms
The galaxy NGC 1156 resembles a delicate cherry blossom tree flowering in springtime in this Hubble image. The many bright "blooms" within the galaxy are in fact stellar nurseries — regions where new stars are springing to life.
21 Jun 17:30
“Fragmentz” by Artist Andrew Hem
by Staff
Andrew Hem. See more images below or on display at Openspace gallery from June 22 – July 20.
13 Jun 23:16
The Planet and the Pipe
Now posing against our galaxy's rich starfields and nebulae, brilliant
13 Jun 23:16
Mature Galaxy Mesmerizes in New Hubble View
NGC 7773 is a beautiful example of a barred spiral galaxy. A luminous bar-shaped structure cuts prominently through the galaxy's bright core, extending to the inner boundary of NGC 7773's sweeping, pinwheel-like spiral arms. Astronomers think that these bar structures emerge later in the lifetime of a galaxy.
07 Jun 17:42
Venus at Sunrise From the Space Station
From the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Christina Koch snapped and posted this image of the planet Venus at sunrise.
