2012-03-28
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Perpetual Ocean - Gulf Stream by NASA Goddard Photo and Video on Flickr (via):
This image shows ocean surface currents around the world. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
2012-03-27
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IIT Mies Wallpaper by BravoFoto on Flickr (via):
2x4, Inc: digital print from Adobe Illustrator.
This is a portrait of architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe composed of pictograms that depict various student activities and, from afar, form a single coherent image.
2012-03-22
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March Madness: NASA Style by NASA Goddard Photo and Video on Flickr:
Launch madness will hit the east coast in March as NASA launches five rockets in approximately five minutes to study the high-altitude jet stream.
The launch window begins March 14 and runs through April 4. ATREX launch info: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/missions/atrex-launch…
To read more go to: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/missions/atrex.html
(via)
2012-03-19
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Space Suits by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives on Flickr:
Catalog #: 08_001663
Description: Garrett Corp Crew Systems EVA Branch
Format: Glossy Photo
NASA seems to have been keen on using sport to test suits. There’s video of a game of football, comparing the soft and hard suits in a competitive trial. (via)
2012-03-18
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Space Suit by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives on Flickr.
Title: Space Suit
Catalog #: 08_001678
Description: NASA
Format: Glossy Photo
Deliberately posted uncropped, because I love the NASA logotype.
2012-03-13
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photograph everything by Dean Ayres on Flickr:
The latest advice from Munsons.
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schulzeandwebb.com homepage from August 2005 to August 2006 by genmon on Flickr:
Loads more dithering and compression, which you can see at larger sizes. Website nowadays are so smooth, you know, that a bit of gif and pixel dither would make a really great grit to play against it
2012-03-12
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looking at london illustrated map, via maraid on Flickr.
I love that the illustration contains the cover (and that you can make out the tube map on the back). Somehow I doubt that Piccadilly Circus was ever that bright, mind.
