ASCII Art
apt-get install python-aalib
See PETscii
import aalib, sys, Image, ImageOps
imgpath = sys.argv[1]
screen = aalib.AsciiScreen(width=80, height=40)
image = Image.open(imgpath).convert('L').resize(screen.virtual_size)
image = ImageOps.invert(image)
screen.put_image((0, 0), image)
print screen.render()
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