This repository contains the GIMP image files used as source imagery for the Solarquest 1985 board image. It also serves as a list of attributions for the various images of natural and artificial Solar System objects.
Please create a new issue if you spot an attribution that is incorrect or if you own the copyright to one of the images used and want it to be removed.
Unless otherwise noted, all source images were in the public domain at the time the GIMP image files were constructed. As derivative works of the original images, the copyright to the GIMP image files belongs to their authors. As of this writing, the sole author is Colin Bartolome and the copyright year is © 2009. The author has released the GIMP image files into the public domain.
The layout of the board has been recreated from scratch to match the layout of the original board game, as published by Western Publishing Company and apparently designed by Valen Brost. The current holder of the copyright to the original board layout is unknown, but is likely to be one or both of those two entities or their successors. The adaptation of the layout of the original board should not be construed as an authorization or endorsement by the holder of the copyright.
The font used is "Eras Ultra," for which Colin Bartolome obtained a license from Linotype.com.
The following images were used when creating the GIMP image files in this repository:
| Object | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Space Docks | NASA | The highlighted ISS module has been extracted from its image and tinted gold. |
| Research Labs | NASA Ames Research Center/Don Davis "AC76-0525" | The torus has been extracted from its image and its dimensions and colors have been modified. |
| Federation Stations | NASA Ames Research Center/Don Davis "AC76-0525" | The torus has been extracted from its image and its dimensions and colors have been modified. A red dome and green disc have been added, to distinguish the Federation Stations from the Research Labs, which use the same source image. |
Images attributed to JPL are used courtesy NASA/JPL-CalTech.
| Object | Source | Mission | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earth | NASA | Apollo 17 | |
| Moon | NASA/JPL/USGS | Clementine 1 | |
| Mercury | NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Carnegie Institution of Washington | MESSENGER |
| Object | Source | Mission | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | NASA/JPL/USGS | Voyager 2 | |
| Io | NASA/JPL/Univeristy of Arizona | Galileo | |
| Elara | NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute | Cassini-Huygens | Actually an image of Epimetheus, moon of Saturn. |
| Callisto | NASA/JPL/DLR | Galileo | |
| Thebe | NASA/JPL/Cornell University | Galileo | The original image has been colorized and smoothed. |
| Metis | NASA/JPL/Cornell University | Galileo | The original image has been colorized and additional contours have been added. |
| Ganymede | NOAA | Voyager 2 and Galileo | Appears to be a synthetic image based off of another synthetic image, which is, in turn, based off of Voyager and Galileo imagery. |
| Himalia | NASA/Calvin J. Hamilton | Voyager 2 | Actually an image of Prometheus, moon of Saturn. The original image has been colorized. |
| Europa | NASA/JPL/DLR | Galileo | |
| Amalthea | NASA/JPL/Cornell Univeristy | Galileo | The original image has been colorized. |
| Adrastea | NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute | Cassini-Huygens | Actually an image of Epimetheus, moon of Saturn. |
| Sinope | NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute | Cassini-Huygens | Actually an image of Telesto, moon of Saturn. Photo cannot be found in JPL's catalog, but this image looks to be from the same pass, so the source is assumed. |
| Object | Source | Mission | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uranus | NASA/ESA/M. Showalter (SETI Institute) | Hubble Space Telescope | |
| Miranda | NASA/JPL-CalTech | Voyager 2 | The original image has been given a blue tint. |
| Umbriel | NASA/JPL | Voyager 2 | |
| Oberon | NASA/JPL | Voyager 2 | |
| Puck | NASA (Presumably JPL) | Voyager 2 | The original image has been given a brown tint. |
| Ariel | NASA/JPL | Voyager 2 | The original image has been given a brown tint. |
| Titania | NASA/JPL | Voyager 2 |
| Object | Source | Mission | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pluto | NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute | New Horizons | |
| Charon | NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute | New Horizons | The original image has been given a tan tint. |
| Phobos | NASA/JPL-CalTech/University of Arizona | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter | |
| Mars | NASA/Hubble Heritage Team (STSci/AURA) | Hubble Space Telescope | |
| Deimos | NASA/JPL-CalTech/University of Arizona | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter | |
| Venus | NASA "Feb. 26, 1979" | Pioneer | This ultraviolet image matched the original game board more closely than a visible light image would have. |
| Object | Source | Mission | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturn | NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute | Cassini-Huygens | |
| Phoebe | NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute | Cassini-Huygens | |
| Mimas | NASA | Cassini-Huygens | This image could not be found in JPL's Photojournal. It is almost exactly the same as this image, except with different shadow lengths. |
| Dione | NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute/Gordan Ugarkovic | Cassini-Huygens | This image could not be found in JPL's Photojournal. It is almost exactly the same as this image, except with a slightly different orientation. |
| Iapetus | NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute | Cassini-Huygens | |
| Rhea | NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute | Cassini-Huygens | |
| Tethys | NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute | Cassini-Huygens | The original image has been given a slight, tan tint. |
| Janus | NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute | Cassini-Huygens | Saturn has been edited out of the background of the original image. |
| Enceladus | NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute | Cassini-Huygens | |
| Hyperion | NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute | Cassini-Huygens | |
| Titan (surface) | NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute and Wikimedia Commons user Kaldari | Cassini-Huygens | The original image has been combined with the image of Titan's atmosphere. |
| Titan (atmosphere) | NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute | Cassini-Huygens | The original image has been combined with the image of Titan's surface. |
| Object | Source | Mission | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neptune | NASA/JPL | Voyager 2 | |
| Triton | NASA | Voyager 2 | The image appears to have been synthesized from images created by Steve Albers and William Johnston. The exact format of the appropriate credit is unknown. |
| Nereid | NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute | Cassini-Huygens | Actually an image of Atlas, moon of Saturn. The original image has been brightened and given a brown tint. |