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Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ held a secret — and scientists just discovered the ‘hidden turbulence’
He really did gogh the extra mile. “The Starry Night,” the 1889 hallmark artwork by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, is remarkably congruent to the astronomic principles of our sky, atmospheric ...
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The hidden science swirling in ‘The Starry Night’
He found that Van Gogh’s swirls and vortexes followed the statistical fluctuations found in a different flavor of turbulence that gives birth to the real starry night: supersonic turbulence.
‘Starry Night,’ All Night Long, as a Van Gogh Blockbuster Ends
The National Gallery in London stayed open all night for die-hard fans of the Dutch painter. “Midnight offers more room for reflection,” one attendee said. The rest of the National Gallery closed at 9 ...