Science Art: The midnight sun, from Atlas zu Alex. V. Humboldt’s Kosmos, 1851.
Click to embiggen Polar bears salute the midnight sun as Arctic explorers sail to the horizon. This image is part of a page of “Cosmic […]
geography
Science Art: What is that green gunk?, USGS/NASA, 2 Nov 2017
Click to embiggen The answer, from the US Geological Survey’s Facebook page, is an algal bloom in Lake Erie, as photographed by Landsat: In late […]
Science Art: Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, by Landsat 8
Click to embiggen vastly The USGS Earth Explorer program shared these before-and-after pictures of Puerto Rico. The main difference that’s visible from the Landsat 8 […]
Science Art: Water Features and Relief Features, from The preparation of illustrations for reports of the United States Geological survey, with brief descriptions of processes of reproduction, 1920
Click to embiggen An illustration illustrating illustration. This is how standardized maps are made. These are the standards. From The preparation of illustrations for reports […]
Science Art: Amundsen Expedition Map of Antarctica, 1911-1912
Click to embiggen Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen did away with Terra Australis Incognito for good in December 1911. (It was more than a decade later […]