Science Art: Booby Gannet, by John James Audubon
Click to embiggenA quizzical and curious sea bird, from Birds of America, presented by The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
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Science Art: The many faces of the Sun from Solar Orbiter’s EUI and PHI instruments, 2020
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It’s my mother’s birthday today. Here, nine glorious suns for a Leo.
They were photographed by the European Space Agency’s Extreme Ultraviolet Imager… Read the rest “Science Art: The many faces of the Sun from Solar Orbiter’s EUI and PHI instruments, 2020”
Science Art: Phases of the Moon, 1844.
Click to embiggenThe moon is a body in space that reflects the light of our sun back at us. Which might sound a little weird to say, but this picture does make it all a little easier to grasp.
It’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Phases of the Moon, 1844.”
Science Art: A section through the cochlea in the line of its axis, 1910.
An inner ear, dear, from The human body; an account of its structure and activities and the conditions of its healthy working, by the Martins: H. Newell and Ernest Gale. … Read the rest “Science Art: A section through the cochlea in the line of its axis, 1910.”
Science Art: Mechanische Maschinen und Automaten 49, from Bellicorum instrumentorum liber cum …, 1420-1430
This is something I first assumed was a very early typewriter or printing press, from the Bavarian State Library’s copy of Bellicorum instrumentorum liber cum figuris et fictitys… Read the rest “Science Art: Mechanische Maschinen und Automaten 49, from Bellicorum instrumentorum liber cum …, 1420-1430”
Science Art: From Here, a number of broken gifts for the carpenters and lovers…., by Lorenz Stöer, 1567.
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The title here is the best I could render from the middle German “Hier Inn etliche zerbrochne Gebew, den Schreinern in eingelegter Arbeit dienstlich, auch vil andern… Read the rest “Science Art: From Here, a number of broken gifts for the carpenters and lovers…., by Lorenz Stöer, 1567.”
Science Art: Structures of Brain (Взаиморасположение структур мозга – зрительный анализатор), by Coxer
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A brain with its structures, including the eyes and the olfactory bulb, labeled in Russian.
The thinking part.
Found on Wikimedia Commons.
Science Art: Florarctus antillensis Van Der Land 1968, from “Tardigrades marins des Bermudes,” 1970
A water bear from Bermuda, as published in 1970 (a good time to be in Bermuda). Florarctus antillensis was apparently first discovered in the coral sands of Curacao, also… Read the rest “Science Art: Florarctus antillensis Van Der Land 1968, from “Tardigrades marins des Bermudes,” 1970”
Science Art: StyleGAN2 Example 2, Jan 2020
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Wikimedia Commons’ description of this average-looking guy simply reads: The man in this image does not exist. This face was constructed by a GAN program.
The licensing… Read the rest “Science Art: StyleGAN2 Example 2, Jan 2020”
Science Art: Russ Arasmith Skylab Artwork, date unknown.
NASA’s Marshall Gallery lists this image as “date unknown,” but since Skylab was crewed from 1973 to 1974, and fell out of orbit in 1979, I think it’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Russ Arasmith Skylab Artwork, date unknown.”
Science Art: H.G. Dorsey: Device for Graphically Reproducing Sound Waves, 1912
A device from the early 20th century to turn sound waves into drawings – creating some of the first waveform illustrations. Those are something anyone … Read the rest “Science Art: H.G. Dorsey: Device for Graphically Reproducing Sound Waves, 1912”
Science Art: Demo-2 Launch: Setting Forth on a Historic Journey by NASA/Bill Ingalls
A photo with maybe a little optimism.
From NASA’s Image of the Day gallery description:
… Read the rest “Science Art: Demo-2 Launch: Setting Forth on a Historic Journey by NASA/Bill Ingalls”A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft
Science Art: Cephalopodes: Pl. III, 1889.
Prince Albert I of Monaco was really into marine life, and used the royal yacht as a scientific research vessel.
Here, from the description on The Artful Gene’s tumblog… Read the rest “Science Art: Cephalopodes: Pl. III, 1889.”
Science Art: Devonian Marine Organisms, by Aleksandra Arkhipova, 2015
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From the “Scientific Illustration” collection on Wikimedia Commons, where this image of trilobites and prehistoric shellfish has the following… Read the rest “Science Art: Devonian Marine Organisms, by Aleksandra Arkhipova, 2015”
Science Art: Albumasar De magnis coniunctionibus, 1515
Ja’far ibn Muḥammad Abū Ma’shar wrote a book – and published it in Venice. It was the place to be, and to see the sky, in the 1500s. He was famous. A star … Read the rest “Science Art: Albumasar De magnis coniunctionibus, 1515”