Gallery: SETI's First Artist-in-Residence Transports Viewers to Alien Worlds

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    *CARBON installation at the Dennos Museum, Michigan. 10- by 30-foot print.*
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    *CARBON high-resolution still from unique carbon emulsion negatives. Size variable to 60 feet.*
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    *CARBON high-resolution still from unique carbon emulsion negatives. Size variable to 60 feet.*
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    *CARBON high-resolution still from unique carbon emulsion negatives. Size variable to 60 feet.*
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    *CARBON high-resolution still from unique carbon emulsion negatives. Size variable to 60 feet.*
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    *CARBON high-resolution still from unique carbon emulsion negatives. Size variable to 60 feet.*
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    *CARBON-X dome video at the Institute for American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Sept. 22 and 25, 2012.*
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    *Sound experiment in the world's largest wind tunnel at NASA Ames.*
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    *Sound experiment in the world's largest wind tunnel at NASA Ames.*
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    *CARBON immersive installation concept view.*
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    *CARBON immersive installation concept view.*
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    *CARBON immersive installation concept view.*
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    *The SETI Institute's Allen Telescope Array at Hat Creek, California.*
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    *The SETI Institute's Allen Telescope Array at Hat Creek, California.*
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