This past week I visited the Meteorite Collection in the Geology building at UCLA. In my four years here at UCLA I have never been there, but I was very happy that I was able to go there and really see exhibits I had never seen anything like before. Even more, fascinating is that it is the 5th largest exhibit in the United States and most people have no idea that it even resides at UCLA.

Me at the exhibit (unfortunately no one was working today)

When thinking of this in terms of what we have learned here at UCLA. One of the exhibits that really stood out to me was the Esquel pallasite piece which was found in 1951 in Argentina. The colors of this mass are beautiful and you can study it in a way where you are thinking about the science and the artistic features at the same time just how we have been in this class. There is a link to everything not just being about the science but how everything is also a form and expression of art.

My favorite 

In addition, NASA, who are the ones who are finding things like this are just as much artistic as they are scientific. They are capturing images and turning it into something that us on earth can relate to and really read into. As times are changing so is what NASA is doing and they will continue to be using those links between science and art.

Photos that NASA has captured 

When thinking about an exhibit like this I never would have looked at in an artistic way, but that just goes to prove how much my perceptions have changed since starting this class. I would highly recommend visiting this fascinating exhibit.