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Scientific Illustration of solar storms, or sunspots, from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory

Science Art: Thanksgiving Day sunspots (SOHO EIT 171 Latest Image: 2020/11/26 13:00), by NASA & ESA

29 November 2020 grant 0

Scientific Illustration of solar storms, or sunspots, from the Solar and Heliospheric ObservatoryClick to embiggen

This is what our Sun looked like on Thanksgiving Day. There are sunspots across the lower right of the image, visible here as what sunspots actually are – very large… Read the rest “Science Art: Thanksgiving Day sunspots (SOHO EIT 171 Latest Image: 2020/11/26 13:00), by NASA & ESA”

Scientific illustration of yeast reproducinga

Science Art: Hefezellen

22 November 2020 grant 0

Scientific illustration of yeast reproducinga

An image of yeast, originally made by NASA (though the context is now unclear, since the web page Wikimedia Commons sourced the photo from no longer exists).

The name “Hefezellen”… Read the rest “Science Art: Hefezellen”

Scientific illustration from the Hubble Space Telescope of a shockwave in space - a small section of the Cygnus supernova.

Science Art: At the edge of the blast, Hubble Space Telescope, 2020.

15 November 2020 grant 0

Scientific illustration from the Hubble Space Telescope of a shockwave in space - a small section of the Cygnus supernova.Click to embiggen

From the ESA Image Gallery, dated 28 Aug 2020, comes an image of a portion of the Cygnus supernova, a blast wave 2400 light-years distant from a dying star 20 times larger … Read the rest “Science Art: At the edge of the blast, Hubble Space Telescope, 2020.”

Scientific illustration of a seed sprouting.

Science Art: Germinating squash seed, 1908

8 November 2020 grant 0

Scientific illustration of a seed sprouting.

A new beginning, from Elements of Philippine Agriculture on archive.org (though I found it on Flickr Commons).

Scientific illustration of some rock-cutting equipment from the 1920s. Dieselpunk machinery.

Science Art: Close-up view of a rock cutter in the Everglades Drainage District, c. 1920

1 November 2020 grant 0

Scientific illustration of some rock-cutting equipment from the 1920s. Dieselpunk machinery.Click to embiggen

This is a machine for cutting through rock in a swamp. Or really, in a very broad, very shallow river – which is what the Everglades really is. The rock in question would… Read the rest “Science Art: Close-up view of a rock cutter in the Everglades Drainage District, c. 1920”

Scientific illustration of prehistoric fish from the Devonian period.

Science Art: Hyneria, by ABelov2014

25 October 2020 grant 0

Scientific illustration of prehistoric fish from the Devonian period. Click to embiggen
A scene from the Devonian period, before dinosaurs ever emerged to rumble the earth. This lobe-finned fish measured between 8 and 15 feet long, and swam in freshwater rivers… Read the rest “Science Art: Hyneria, by ABelov2014”

Scientific illustration of a space shuttle satellite payload from NASA's Technical Reports Server

Science Art: Astro-2 Observavory in STS-67 Payload Bay, 1995

18 October 2020 grant 0

Scientific illustration of a space shuttle satellite payload from NASA's Technical Reports Server

A space telescope inside a space shuttle, from the STS-67 mission.

The mission summary, from archive.org, is:

The Space Shuttle Endeavor, scheduled to launch March 2, 1995 from NASA’s

… Read the rest “Science Art: Astro-2 Observavory in STS-67 Payload Bay, 1995”
Scientific illustration of a dirigible hunt, a cartoon of balloons and zeppelins and blimps all aiming at a flock of birds in midair

Science Art: Chasse à courre en dirigeable, by Albert Guillaume.

11 October 2020 grant 0

Scientific illustration of a dirigible hunt, a cartoon of balloons and zeppelins and blimps all aiming at a flock of birds in midairClick to embiggen

This is a cartoon inspired by “the experiences of Santos-Dumont,” the famed Brazilian-born aviator who maybe might have kind of sort of had a powered flight… Read the rest “Science Art: Chasse à courre en dirigeable, by Albert Guillaume.”

Scientific illustration in heraldry; the coat of arms of the Marquis d'Oró, showing a chemical diagram in the lower sinister quarter.

Science Art: Escut del Marquès d’Oró (Escutcheon of the Marquis d’Oró)

4 October 2020 grant 0

Scientific illustration in heraldry; the coat of arms of the Marquis d'Oró, showing a chemical diagram on the sinister side. Click to embiggen

The Marquis d’Oró (without that accent mark, he’d be the Marquis of Gold) has a coat of arms with a diagram of the molecule adenine in it, on the sinister side… Read the rest “Science Art: Escut del Marquès d’Oró (Escutcheon of the Marquis d’Oró)”

Scientific illustration of a pump with ball valves, from a textbook on mechanics and mechanical engineering

Science Art: Single-Acting Force Pump with Ball Valves, 1903.

27 September 2020 grant 0

Scientific illustration of a pump with ball valves, from a textbook on mechanics and mechanical engineering

Among all the diagrams of force-vectors, there’s this wonderful illustration of a well-made machine in A Text-Book of Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, on archive.org… Read the rest “Science Art: Single-Acting Force Pump with Ball Valves, 1903.”

Scientific illustration of a roseate spoonbill at sunset, supposedly showing its ability to camouflage itself against a pink background.

Science Art: Roseate Spoonbill, study for Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, by Abbot Handerson Thayer

20 September 2020 grant 0

Scientific illustration of a roseate spoonbill at sunset, supposedly showing its ability to camouflage itself against a pink background. Click to embiggen

As its Smithsonian Museum page explains, this painting is from a book that hoped to prove a slightly odd hypothesis: that even brightly colored animals would blend into… Read the rest “Science Art: Roseate Spoonbill, study for Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, by Abbot Handerson Thayer”

Scientific illustration of a rocket engine component for the Orion spacecraft

Science Art: Last Test Article for NASA’s SLS Rocket Departs Michoud Assembly Facility, 2019 – by NASA/Jude Guidry.

13 September 2020 grant 0

Scientific illustration of a rocket engine component for the Orion spacecraft Click to embiggen

A big part of a big rocket, loading onto a big barge in a big facility in Louisiana. As the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility image library description says:

The last of four

… Read the rest “Science Art: Last Test Article for NASA’s SLS Rocket Departs Michoud Assembly Facility, 2019 – by NASA/Jude Guidry.”
Scientific illustration of ancient Roman gold plaques.

Science Art: Gold plaques (items 9-14 in catalogue), by Ian Richardson, The British Museum, 2012

6 September 2020 grant 0

Scientific illustration of ancient Roman gold plaques.Click to embiggen

Treasure! Literally! A hoard of Roman gold and silver, including jewelry, figurines, and a lot of these votive “leaf” plaques.

A votive plaque like these… Read the rest “Science Art: Gold plaques (items 9-14 in catalogue), by Ian Richardson, The British Museum, 2012”

A scientific illustration of a dynamometer, from the New York Public Library, 1865

Science Art: Dynamometer, 3 Feb 1865

30 August 2020 grant 0

A scientific illustration of a dynamometer, from the New York Public Library, 1865Click to embiggen

A dynamometer, illustrated by (or for) the United States Sanitary Commission in 1865.

A dynamometer measures power output. For an engine, it can measure things like torque… Read the rest “Science Art: Dynamometer, 3 Feb 1865”

Scientific illustration of lizards by Haeckel

Science Art: Lizard (Lacertilia), by Ernst Haeckel.

23 August 2020 grant 0

Scientific illustration of lizards by HaeckelClick to embiggen

A lizard party, by Ernst Haeckel. Not jellyfish or diatoms or Lovecraftian marine creatures. Just lizards. Lots and lots of cold-blooded lizards.

A plate from Kunstformen… Read the rest “Science Art: Lizard (Lacertilia), by Ernst Haeckel.”

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