Asteroids range in size, from small dust particles that cluster together, to the formidable and damaging boulders that tumbled through the galaxies. These rocks are a source of fascination and beauty, and have been showcased in asteroid artwork by artists.
Asteroid art by Tobias Roetsch and Mark Stevenson, depict digitally rendered images that capture the planet Earth have near encounters with asteroids. “Space Shuttle flying over an Asteroid that is passing close to Earth,” by Tobias Roetsch for Stock trek Image is an intergalactic depiction of a space shuttle rocketing towards the earth, a massive asteroid following dangerously close behind. “Explosion on Earth’s surface from a colliding Asteroid Impact,” by Mark Stevenson for Stock trek Images, depicts a red-hot asteroid hurtling toward earth, ready to implode on impact.
Artists Corey Ford and Frieso Hoevelkamp creatively and beautifully feature scenes of space in their asteroid pictures. In soft and gentle colors, Corey Ford’s image “Rocky Asteroids Caught in the Ring System Surrounding a Planet,” depicts a dreamy landscape of outer space, asteroids tumbling by graphite colored earth. “Asteroid field against a Celestial Background,” by Frieso Hoevelkamp for Stock trek Images is a vivid graphic image, featuring a trail of asteroids traveling through a vibrant pulsing purple space.
“Asteroid 243 Ida,” by Stock trek Images, is a beautiful portrait of a large asteroid suspended in the black nothingness of space. Steve Thomas’s graphic illustration, “St-Space-06 Space travel Asteroids,” is a fun and funky futuristic travel poster, showing off an adventurer zipping through the asteroid belt in a yellow space suit.
