scorecard
  1. Home
  2. Science
  3. Space
  4. These beautiful space photos are actually just a bunch of junk in a scanner

These beautiful space photos are actually just a bunch of junk in a scanner

For this Earth-like planet, Baraty used a glass of water mixed with soy sauce, whiskey, coconut milk, and food coloring. The background was made from salt, flour, curry powder, and cinnamon.

These beautiful space photos are actually just a bunch of junk in a scanner

He doesn't strictly use edible materials, though. This far-off galaxy view was made with salt, flour, turmeric, sugar, cinnamon, and... hair from his cat.

He doesn

This green world is made from a glass of orange juice, tomato sauce, wasabi, and milk. The nebula behind it is made from coffee, cream, water, and food coloring. And sticking with the breakfast theme, the moon is a piece of pancake.

This green world is made from a glass of orange juice, tomato sauce, wasabi, and milk. The nebula behind it is made from coffee, cream, water, and food coloring. And sticking with the breakfast theme, the moon is a piece of pancake.

Using only powders, Baraty can make beautiful nebulas...

Using only powders, Baraty can make beautiful nebulas...

These beautiful space photos are actually just a bunch of junk in a scanner

These beautiful space photos are actually just a bunch of junk in a scanner

Star clusters...

Star clusters...

...And galaxies.

...And galaxies.

To hold the planet liquids (and give them their round shape), Baraty uses a laboratory beaker.

To hold the planet liquids (and give them their round shape), Baraty uses a laboratory beaker.

For smaller moons he uses a whiskey glass.

For smaller moons he uses a whiskey glass.

This galaxy was made from cheese, cumin, curry powder, flour, salt, cinnamon, poppy seeds and turmeric.

This galaxy was made from cheese, cumin, curry powder, flour, salt, cinnamon, poppy seeds and turmeric.

For these gaseous streaks, he used butter.

For these gaseous streaks, he used butter.

This Mars lookalike's polar ice caps are made from cream mixed into a glass of tomato sauce, water, soy sauce, and food coloring. The starry background is flour and baking soda.

This Mars lookalike

Some of the coolest parts of Baraty's space scanner art are the cosmic, gaseous swirls, like these made from coffee, cream, soy sauce, water, food coloring, flour, and salt.

Some of the coolest parts of Baraty

This striking solar eclipse was only made with three ingredients: powdered cheese, turmeric, and baking soda.

This striking solar eclipse was only made with three ingredients: powdered cheese, turmeric, and baking soda.

This asteroid is a potato. The rest of the asteroid belt is made from crumbled Girl Scout cookies, coffee, and ground peppercorns.

This asteroid is a potato. The rest of the asteroid belt is made from crumbled Girl Scout cookies, coffee, and ground peppercorns.

His most detailed image might actually taste good too (maybe minus the cumin). Its planet and moon are made from pancakes, with a nebula background made from olive oil, cinnamon, cumin, seasoned salt, and water.

His most detailed image might actually taste good too (maybe minus the cumin).  Its planet and moon are made from pancakes, with a nebula background made from olive oil, cinnamon, cumin, seasoned salt, and water.

Even if it's just food on glass, Baraty's work isn't too far from what we see when we look up at the night sky.

Even if it

They're all just combinations of light, gases, and minerals, their images beamed across a void.

They

Advertisement