FEB
2, 1998 - Out
of This World is a site for sore eyes, a reminder of times when
the heavens were the book of humanity, replete with myths and images that
revealed us to ourselves and filled us with awe and wonder for all that
is. Here you'll find classical star maps from the great celestial atlases
of the past - beautiful images of mythical and animistic characters. These
images come from a collection of 43 star atlases, covering the period from
the late 15th to early 18th Centuries: Bayer's Uranometria, Bode's
Uranographia and Cellarius's Harmonia macrocosmica among
them. It's celestial eye candy with a touch of Mother Goose, the kind of
thing to wake up one's sense of wonder. And with so many images, it's also
the kind of thing to make anyone wish for a faster modem. But it's worth
every bandwidth-bustin' baud, in my estimation!
