Stomach Explosion and Cosmic Ray Pinball Machine

This work has been selected for exhibition at the Royal Albert Hall in May 2008. Listen to the Stomach Explosion created by students from Park View Community School, Durham Community Business College and Sion-Manning RC Girls School with composer Duncan Chapman.

This is what I imagine the inside of my stomach looks like when I have eaten to a Kebab. I made this by throwing lots of powder paints and glue onto a gaint sheet of perpex and photographing the reactions.

Photo credit: Michael D Stage
University of Massachusetts Amherst
USA
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Casseopeia (Cass-ee-o-pee-ya) is a constellation next to the Plough and Orion named after the mythological Queen of Ethiopia. Shaped as a neat W or M, formed by five bright stars, it is also home to the youngest supernova remnant - Casseopeia A. Astronomers have compared the shockwaves sent out by the explosion of the star that formed Casseopeia A (blue streaks) to a cosmic ray pinball machine. This supernova remnant is around 10 000 light years away and was first spotted from Earth around 300 years ago.

 Scale: Nebula is 10 light years across