Space Glass

The fast moving glass fire has ignited in california s wine country napa county and spread into sonoma county at a dangerous rate of spread over the weekend and into monday sept.
Space glass. These materials can be liquefied and made into glass but you have to know how to do it. Incredibly tiny galaxies made from glass opals silver and gold satoshi tomizu is the best known space glass artist we ve written about. Glass fire current situation 10 11 pm there has been limited fire activity on the glass fire throughout the day. As residents are allowed to return to their homes please drive carefully as emergency personnel are still working throughtout the fire area.
The glass fire started at. A huge new fire in california that has prompted the evacuation of more than 7 000 people can be seen in satellite images with smoke from the blaze visible from space. Tomizu sculpts striking little glass spheres that appear to contain solar systems and galaxies. Satoshi tomizu a talented glass artist in japan creates stunning cosmic scenes in tiny glass pendants no larger than your eyeball.
Weber says making glass in space also is important for nasa s exploration missions. Most of the pendants from his space glass serie. A fire that began overnight in napa county california has rapidly burned 2 500 acres forcing a local hospital to evacuate on sunday while authorities placed more than 7 000 people under. Each and every space glass is made lovingly by hand.
Glass is a basic engineering material and the materials you need to make glass are located on the moon and other places weber says. Air bubbles opals flakes of gold and other inclusions turn each glass bubble into a busy galactic microcosm. Its extensive range of features make it suitable for anything from beams trusses and frames to buildings towers tanks cable structures and bridges. In other words the space glass you hold in your hands is a totally unique one and only universe in our universe.
California wildfire triples in size as glass fire rages through napa sonoma counties the glass fire has scorched at least 42 560 acres and threatens over 10 700 structures.