That's No Moon...

December 14, 2017 6:18 AM

When the moon hits your eye like a big...pancake? Photographer Robert Pufleb and designer Nadine Schlieper have created some astonishingly realistic images of possible lunar surfaces in their new book Alternative Moons using PANCAKES.

From the Washington Post: To create the work, the consistency of the batter and temperature of the pan all played a role. “For instance, using more or less flour will later affect the surface structure,” said the team, “as well as the amount of buttermilk or oil in the pan.” Each pancake was then placed on a hemisphere and photographed from above to create the correct spherical illusion. (The authors even offer their best recipes and tips to achieve the same results at home.)

posted by briank (6 comments total)

My pancakes always look like moons as well, I also thought it was an amusing personal failure. I accidentally go one step further, since my pan is slightly uneven I often get pretty convincing spherical shading from having slightly more browned butter on one side.
posted by AndrewStephens at 6:29 AM on December 14, 2017 [1 favorite]

Two great tastes that taste great together.
posted by leotrotsky at 6:29 AM on December 14, 2017

From the text of the 1st link:
Setting off on the imaginative journey through fictitious space by browsing the pages of the photobook, the viewer is confronted with a surprising fact on the very last page – turning the reception of the whole book upside down.

So...Spoiler Warning, I guess?
posted by neroli at 8:05 AM on December 14, 2017 [1 favorite]

And you now how they make pancakes.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:18 AM on December 14, 2017 [2 favorites]

guess what I'm having for breakfast???
posted by supermedusa at 9:08 AM on December 14, 2017

This is very much in my wheelhouse.
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 10:02 AM on December 14, 2017