Science Art: Blackbird SR-71 engine nozzle, 2011
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“Internal view of a Pratt & Whitney J58 afterburner and exhaust nozzle.”
Found on Wikimedia Commons.
Science Art
Science Art: The Myology of the Raven, 1890
This is the head and neck of a raven, Corvus corax sinuatus, as dissected and drawn by Robert W. Shufeldt.
I look at this and am impressed by the beauty of the anatomy. Then … Read the rest “Science Art: The Myology of the Raven, 1890”
Science Art: Mouth of Petromyzon Marinus with its Horny Teeth,
This is a “more definitely suctorial mouth with horny cuticular teeth,” according to Francis Maitland Balfour, a British biologist with a particularly distinguished name… Read the rest “Science Art: Mouth of Petromyzon Marinus with its Horny Teeth,”
Science Art: PIA19048 realistic color Europa mosaic (from the Galileo mission).
This is Jupiter’s watery (well, icy) moon Europa, as pieced together in realistic color from a bunch of photos taken by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft in the 1990s.… Read the rest “Science Art: PIA19048 realistic color Europa mosaic (from the Galileo mission).”
Science Art: Motion in Space, 1950
We’re moving on a planet that’s moving around a sun that’s moving – that way.
Not a moment of stillness anywhere.
From The Physical Sciences, Revised Edition… Read the rest “Science Art: Motion in Space, 1950”
Science Art: Head Frames, Figs. 3-6, from The Design of Mine Structures, 1912.
Types of head works for mines. These frames helped draw out the rocks that the miners were busy breaking up deep underground. At the time this book was published, many head frames were made… Read the rest “Science Art: Head Frames, Figs. 3-6, from The Design of Mine Structures, 1912.”
Science Art: Denisova Phalanx distalis
A finger-bone from the other archaic humans – besides Neanderthals, there were Denisovans. And one of the fragments we know them from looked like this, found in a cave in what’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Denisova Phalanx distalis”
Science Art: Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov, Voskhod 1, 4-kopek stamp, 1964
This is Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov (or call-sign “Ruby”), the first man to die in space. He’d been denied admission to the space program twice … Read the rest “Science Art: Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov, Voskhod 1, 4-kopek stamp, 1964”
Science Art: Longitudinal Section of “Star” Class Four-Cylinder 4-6-0, by AJ Creswell, 1963.
A train! A big ol’ train!
This image is one of many found in H.A.V. Bulleid’s Master Builders of Steam, a book about those big ol’ engines moving big ol’… Read the rest “Science Art: Longitudinal Section of “Star” Class Four-Cylinder 4-6-0, by AJ Creswell, 1963.”
Science Art: Saturated Hydro-Carbon, by B.E. Pike, 1947
From The Wonderland of Science. A children’s book. From 1947.
This is what little kids were reading then.
Not that our culture is in decline or anything.
(The cover is brilliant, too.)… Read the rest “Science Art: Saturated Hydro-Carbon, by B.E. Pike, 1947”
Science Art: Dinner in the Mould of the Iguanodon, by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, 1854.
A paleontological dinner party, as drawn by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, the sculptor who also made the dining accommodations – an Iguanodon. Nowadays, we know (or think we know)… Read the rest “Science Art: Dinner in the Mould of the Iguanodon, by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, 1854.”
Science Art: The Albatross Dredging, 1883.
This is the science vessel Albatross, a steamship custom-built for the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, what’s now the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service. “The… Read the rest “Science Art: The Albatross Dredging, 1883.”
Science Art: Cultures of a destructive mold called Phomopsis, by USDA-ARS
Might look pretty in a dish, but you don’t want to find this on your crops – it’s bad news.
This image, taken by Scott Bauer, is from the USDA Agricultural… Read the rest “Science Art: Cultures of a destructive mold called Phomopsis, by USDA-ARS”
Science Art: Fig 172 – Results of Dr. Fulton’s Drift-Bottle Experiments in the North Sea, 1912.
This is a map of something invisible – ocean currents – made indirectly – by releasing messages in bottles and seeing where they land, based on who sent… Read the rest “Science Art: Fig 172 – Results of Dr. Fulton’s Drift-Bottle Experiments in the North Sea, 1912.”