John Berkey “National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our Universe” by Roy A. Gallant cover art (1986)

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70s sci-fi spaceship art featuring a large fiery plume trailing behind a space ship. In the background are moons and a planet and another spaceship.

TIL The name of the artist (John Berkey) that created the cover for one of my favorite library books growing up. https://archive.org/details...

Thanks to https://mltshp.com/p/1RP7B

2 weeks ago

nikkuneko

2 weeks ago

this was in my elementary school's library AND my public library so i checked it out as often as i could. one of my favorite things as a child. i especially loved all the wild depictions of what life could be like on other planets in the solar system

shfitz

2 weeks ago

I have this on my bookshelf at work and I love it so much

jer

2 weeks ago

I had this as a kid and someone awesome gave me a copy a few years back. I love this book.

billturner

2 weeks ago

Also loved this book as a kid. Still sitting on the bookshelf at my mom's house.

otaman

2 weeks ago

mashing the like button so hard.

This book was so influential on my young brain... science, scifi, art, typography/design, mythology, etc etc

John Berkey “National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our Universe” by Roy A. Gallant cover art (1986)

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