Formulae for an Eclipse
by Tim Richards
Title
Formulae for an Eclipse
Artist
Tim Richards
Medium
Photograph - Digital Abstract
Description
Digital figurative abstract with mathematical formulae. Initially I conceived this image to graphically illustrate the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse solely viewed from the USA with the sphere on the right being Mars, which was found very close to the eclipse by sight.
However, as I arrived with this version, I realized that the piece better visualizes the sun in relation to another magnetic field producing planet or star--thus the field lines. The fact, as I see it, is that the sun receives and sends energy from sources outside itself, instead of generating energy from a thermonuclear reaction. So the body on the right side could be a planet, such as Jupiter or Saturn or even another star. Whatever you like.
At any rate the image is an homage to the Norwegian scientist Kristian Birkeland, the modern discoverer (turn of the 20th C.) of plasma (electric) currents in outer space. Many contemporary thinkers now believe that his work will be considered as historically important in physics and astronomy as Einstein's in the near future and may surplant Einstein's theories. Until recently Birkeland's discoveries have been entirely dismissed by establishment science.
I chose to indicate the wave-like plasma/electrical currents by stringy texturing, which I think worked very well. The formulae are actual physical/astronomical formulae relevant to the topic.
Work completed in October 2017. Other color versions of this image are available.
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October 20th, 2017
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