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Build a model of Lunik
and Lunik II, animations of
moon exploration.
Illustrate the "Heat Death Of The Universe", model of how the Solar System began.
Meteor glancing off the surface of Mars, chipping off material later found on Earth.
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Early Solar System.
Planetary formation through the accumulation of meteopage_gallery_automotive_01r and rock debris in space.

Ice boulders forming the early rings of Saturn.

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Illustrate the rings of Saturn using new (1990) data to show magnetic field effects.
Dusty, cloudy Solar System in the early stages of formation,
quite a while ago...
Ice boulders forming the early rings of Saturn.
Please note that all images are .gif format, therefore low quality.
From the 1990 BBC Television Series The Planets. Along with numerous shots virtuallydone was appointed the task of setting up the Solar System, texturing and lighting the nine major planets.