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Sunday, April 20, 2008

Early Man: 1839 - First Photographs

"Philadelphia, 1839. "Robert Cornelius, self-portrait facing front, arms crossed. Inscription on backing: The first light-picture ever taken. 1839." One of the first photographs made in the United States, this quarter-plate daguerreotype is purported to be the earliest photographic portrait of a person."
via Shorpy where you can find a full size shot.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Elephant Paints Self Portrait

Sunday, March 16, 2008

The Hemi Trike

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Saturday, February 16, 2008

SUN RA - Live - Keyboard Solo (1980)

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Centralia, a Ghost Town on Fire Since 1962

"In 1962, a landfill site in Centralia, Pennsylvania was set on fire. The rubbish was located in the pit of an abandoned strip mine, and although it was believed to have been extinguished at the time, the fire actually remained burning in the lower depths and eventually spread to an eight-mile seam of coal, where it has now been burning for 46 years.

As you read this post the underground fire continues to burn, and it is now estimated to underlie around 160 hectares (400 acres) of land.

Furthermore, it seems that this fire will continue to burn for some time to come; there are no current plans to extinguish it and the eight-mile coal seam constitutes enough fuel to last about 250 years."

via Google Sightseeing where you can find more info.

Sunday, January 27, 2008

objects in asphalt

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Labels: urban

Kolmanskop, a ghost town buried in the sand

"Kolmanskop is a ghost town in southern Namibia, a few kilometres inland from the port of Lüderitz. In 1908, Luederitz was plunged into diamond fever and people rushed into the Namib desert hoping to make an easy fortune. Within two years, a town, complete with a casino, school, hospital and exclusive residential buildings, was established in the barren sandy desert."
click here for the full story and more images.

Labels: ghost towns

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Oui The Frog

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Thursday, January 03, 2008

The Original Human TETRIS Performance by Guillaume Reymond

YouTube via notsonoisy.
"TETRIS played by real human-beings sitting in an auditorium: TETRIS is the 4th video performance of the GAME OVER Project, directed by the Swiss artist Guillaume REYMOND (NOTsoNOISY creative agency). This stop-motion video was shot and played for "LES URBAINES" festival http://www.urbaines.ch at the Palais de Rumine (Lausanne, Switzerland) on November 24th 2007.
You can find more information and also SPACE INVADERS, PONG and POLE POSITION on our website http://www.notsonoisy.com/gameover"

Beautiful nanotechnology images from the Science as Art competition

"Nano-Explosions Color-enhanced scanning electron micrograph of an overflowed electrodeposited magnetic nanowire array (CoFeB), where the template has been subsequently completely etched. It’s a reminder that nanoscale research can have unpredicted consequences at a high level. (Image: Fanny Beron, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, Canada)"
Click here for more images on nanowerk.

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Deep In The Fractal Forest