10 spectacular space images drawn by kids from around the world
The 2012 Space Foundation Student Art Contest is one of those things that makes those of us who are (for all practical purposes) "old" wonder just what the heck we were doing when we were kids.
No matter what sort of answers we come up with, it's probably nothing as beautiful or creative as these works of space art by children from pre-K through high school.
The theme for this contest was "Space is Infinite — Explore!" which seems like just another way of saying, "go ahead and do whatever!" Either way, it turned out fairly spectacularly, and in the gallery below we've got our favorite pics from the winners and runners-up.
Space Foundation, via io9 and Wired
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2nd Place, 3rdâ5th Grade Multimedia, Taha Waqar, Roots School System, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
2nd Place, Pre-Kâ2nd Grade Painting, Aylana Wray, The Classical Academy - Central, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Grand Prize, Pre-Kâ2nd Grade, Grace Tesar, The Classical Academy - Central, Colorady Springs, Colorado, USA
Grand Prize, 6thâ8th Grade, Syed Nofal Shah Bokhari, Army Public Schools and College, Kohat, Pakistan
Space Foundation Achievement Award, Raquel Arens, Eagleview Middle School, Colorado Springs, Colo., USA
3rd Place, 9th - 12th Grade Painting, Maliha Bangash, Beaconhouse School - Liberty Campus, Lahore, Pakistan
2nd Place, 6th - 8th Grade Multimedia, Anolani Viloria, Kapolei Middle School, Kepolei, Hawaii, USA
3rd Place, 3rd - 5th Grade Drawing, Syed Hamza Ali Rizvi, Beaconhouse School System, Karachi, Pakistan
2nd Place, 3rd - 5th Grade Painting, Salman Laiba, Beaconhouse School System, Karachi, Pakistan
2nd Place, Pre-K - 2nd Grade Drawing, Aaliyn Azhar, The City Kindergarden Defense Campus, Karachi, Pakistan
