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What we are coming to
 Grant E. Hamilton, 1894
February 16, 1895 issue of Judge magazine

What we are coming to

Grant E. Hamilton, 1894

February 16, 1895 issue of Judge magazine

An Urban Possiblity
BUS, Pre-WW1, from Judge magazine.
via Paul Malon

An Urban Possiblity

BUS, Pre-WW1, from Judge magazine.

via Paul Malon

Happy Birthday Occupy
Eric Drooker, 2012
#dance

Happy Birthday Occupy

Eric Drooker, 2012

#dance

The heliospheric current sheet results from the influence of the Sun’s rotating magnetic field on the plasma in the interplanetary medium (solar wind). The wavy spiral shape has been likened to a ballerina’s skirt. Wikipedia
via crookedindifference

The heliospheric current sheet results from the influence of the Sun’s rotating magnetic field on the plasma in the interplanetary medium (solar wind). The wavy spiral shape has been likened to a ballerina’s skirt. Wikipedia

via crookedindifference

Astronomers Using Keck Observatory Discover Rain Falling from Saturn’s rings
Keck Observatory, 2013
via Warren Ellis

Astronomers Using Keck Observatory Discover Rain Falling from Saturn’s rings

Keck Observatory, 2013

via Warren Ellis

Speed: the World Salutes Each New Victor!The Austin Company, 1930. Detail from a fairly small ad.
via Paul Malon on flickr
#city

Speed: the World Salutes Each New Victor!

The Austin Company, 1930. Detail from a fairly small ad.

via Paul Malon on flickr

#city

Space Telescope or Transformer?
NASA Goddard Photo and Video, 2013
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will have a large mirror, 6.5 meters (21.3 feet) in diameter and a sunshield the size of a tennis court.
Note: The Webb telescope has 21 mirrors, with 18 primary mirror segments working together as one large 21.3-foot (6.5-meter) primary mirror. For an idea of the scale of the telescope, here is an image of 6 of the primary mirror segments:

Space Telescope or Transformer?

NASA Goddard Photo and Video, 2013

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will have a large mirror, 6.5 meters (21.3 feet) in diameter and a sunshield the size of a tennis court.

Note: The Webb telescope has 21 mirrors, with 18 primary mirror segments working together as one large 21.3-foot (6.5-meter) primary mirror. For an idea of the scale of the telescope, here is an image of 6 of the primary mirror segments:

Fond d’écran pour Arte et La Blogothèque : Le futur selon vous.
Morgan Navarro, 2012
via Jimmy Beaulieu

Fond d’écran pour Arte et La Blogothèque : Le futur selon vous.

Morgan Navarro, 2012

via Jimmy Beaulieu

The acetylene welder
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, 1917
Lithograph, 475 x 375mm
Image via War Art, New Zealand

The acetylene welder

Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, 1917

Lithograph, 475 x 375mm

Image via War Art, New Zealand

A T4 virus about to insert its genes into a microbe.
Seyet LLC, 2008
More details at The Loom. via carlzimmer

A frame from a Seyet LLC-generated visualization based on research by Michael Rossmann, the Hanley Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences in Purdue’s College of Science. The image depicts Rossmann’s research on the T4 virus as it penetrates the cell membrane of the E. coli bacterium, which the virus infects. Purdue.edu

A T4 virus about to insert its genes into a microbe.

Seyet LLC, 2008

More details at The Loom. via carlzimmer

A frame from a Seyet LLC-generated visualization based on research by Michael Rossmann, the Hanley Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences in Purdue’s College of Science. The image depicts Rossmann’s research on the T4 virus as it penetrates the cell membrane of the E. coli bacterium, which the virus infects. Purdue.edu