Awesome Astronomy Picture of the Day, showing the total phase of the June 15 lunar eclipse in a composite of of digital camera exposures, tracking the lunar disk as it arced above the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
No known credit for the photographer I’m afraid.
This is the outstanding, inspirational Sister Rosetta Tharpe on the far left of the photo. The first superstar gospel singer in 1930s and 1940s America who played a mean electric guitar.
In the photo with Rosetta, admiring her talent, are Hot Lips Page, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway and J.C. Higginbotham.
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Raquel Welch in Bandolero [1967]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnc9dwKYQt1qi97xgo1_500.jpg)
Raquel Welch in Bandolero [1967]
The Fortean Times is my favourite monthly read.
Bones with Bling: The Amazing Jewelled Skeletons of Europe, The Fortean Times
The trend for jewelled skeletons began in the late 16th century. The Roman catacombs, which had been abandoned as burial sites and largely forgotten about, were rediscovered in 1578 by vineyard workers. This coincided with the initial phase of the Counter-Reformation; the Council of Trent, called to formulate the Catholic response to the Protestant Reformation, had just concluded, and one of the areas of concern was affirming the efficacy and belief in relics against attacks by their detract ors. Since the remains in the catacombs dated from the second to fifth centuries AD, it was possible, with a bit of wishful thinking, for Church leaders to romant icise the bones as belonging to almost any famed early Christian saint or martyr. In the newfound cache they saw a potential tool to bolster their supply of relics and promote their power.—From “Bones with Bling: The amazing jewelled skeletons of Europe,” by Paul Koudounari for The Fortean Times, June 2011Via the always-awesome, Morbid Anatomy…
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Tools of the imaginations, well-used.
(Source: zenfrogyeah)
A photograph of Escher’s imagination.
(Source: zenfrogyeah)
Exploration on Flickr.
One of my photos.
Via Flickr:
I love the atmosphere of this shot. There was a mixup in settings on the camera, and this shot is better in B&W as a result. I think it works.
Don’t worry, the kids’s parents are off-screen. He’s not alone, though at this moment, I don’t think he cares.
Enniscrone, Co. Sligo. Oct 21, 2006.
The Pioneers Wife by Powerhouse Museum Collection on Flickr.
Not dainty work but there is something elegant about her posture.
A photograph from the “In the Trees: Twin Peaks 20th Anniversary Art Exhibition”.
Taken by Richard Beymer on the set of Twin Peaks.
