The Most Amazing Images of the Week, January 2-6, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012 - 15:30
in Astronomy & Space
Buckykite Yes, this is a kite, even though it looks more like a bunch of Buckyballs. Ivan Morison and Sash Reading created the kite, which is also sort of an art project (and called "Three Cubes Colliding"), out of some sort of aerospace fabric and connectors they designed and 3-D printed themselves. Read more here. Matthew Porteous This week's Images of the Week gallery, the very first of the new year, is appropriately grand. It includes: this Buckyball-looking kite (yes, kite), apes with iPads, new art from Ai Weiwei, the globe in a water droplet, and much more. Click to launch this week's Images of the Week gallery.