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Would you like to see attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion? How about watching C-beams glittering near the Tannhauser Gate? Sure, we all would! Sadly, for all of us, affordable and convenient space travel probably won’t happen in our lifetimes. But that’s not to say we can’t enjoy some cool visuals right now!

UK artists Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt, working under the name Semiconductor, stumbled across an intriguing image of the Sun. This led to them wanting to learn more about the image, which then led to archives full of data packages, all of which eventually because their Brilliant Noise project.

Between the crisp black and white images and the grainy stop-motion footage, its definitely a reminder of that creepy video from The Ring. They produced their audio samples from the intensity of the solar radio signals that were present. The final effect combines to create some loud squelches and ominous drones while you’re watching some very surreal images.

This video makes a pretty cool visual if you’re teaching about space. This is all the more true because it shows an end product made from some individually obscure sources.

Be sure to check out their other projects, too! They have other fascinating works which combine science and photography. -NICK YINGLING

Brilliant Noise

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Photo credit: Semiconductor Films on Flickr.