A map of the planet Mars by astronomer Richard A. Proctor. The names we use for features on Mars nowadays come from Giovanni Schiaparelli – like what we call “Syrtis Major Planum,”… Read the rest “Science Art: An early map of the planet Mars, by Richard A. Proctor, 1867.”
Here’s astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. as snapped by mission commander L. Gordon Cooper Jr., the “Gordo” from The Right Stuff, if you remember him. This… Read the rest “Science Art: Inside the Spacecraft During Gemini V Flight, by L. Gordon Cooper/NASA”
One of the more interesting trends in scientific illustration lately – and I do think that it’s exactly the same kind of thing that inspired amateur illustrators… Read the rest “Science Art: Minecraft Colosseum replica (Amphitheatrum Flavium)”
Our first ticket off this rock.
Saturn F-1 Engine is tested at the Marshall Center in 1964.
Image credit: NASA/MSFC
Two rays and a shark… and an egg case… from Buffon’s Natural History of the globe, and of man; beasts, birds, fishes, reptiles, and insects, a book with a long title compiled… Read the rest “Science Art: Buffon’s Natural History, Taf. 7,”
Are we in for weather? Yes, always. Good or bad, there’s always some kind of weather. What kind? This diagram will show you.
I found it in the David Rumsey Historical… Read the rest “Science Art: Diagram of Meteorology, James Reynolds and John Emslie.”
It’s Beltane today, May Day, a day traditionally celebrated with bonfires. Here are some smaller flames, but no less fiery.
This is a photo illustrating how, as … Read the rest “Science Art: Bunsen Burner Flame Types, by Artura Jana Fijalkowski.”
This is a mural at the Smithsonian Museum, showing how the Great Plains would have looked about 3 million years ago.
The critters here include Amebelodon (the elephant-lookin’… Read the rest “Science Art: Restoration of Pliocene fauna of North America, Smithsonian Museum.”
This is an artist’s conception of the James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to the Hubble. The European Space Agency is working on it, with NASA, Northrop Grumman… Read the rest “Science Art: Artist’s impression of JWST, European Space Agency, 2013”
Spice.
In watercolor.
It looks like it would smell delicious.
From 40 Drawings of Plants at Bencoolen, Sumatra, a collection of natural history paintings done by Chinese… Read the rest “Science Art: Nutmeg Tree, from 40 drawings of plants at Bencoolen, Sumatra, c.1824.”
Readers of a certain age will remember these waveforms – not by looking at them, but by sound. This is what data looked like as transmitted by a 4800-baud modem.
It’s kind of funny… Read the rest “Science Art: HAPN-T 4800 Baud Modem, 1991.”
Double check all your eggs – just in case.
Happy Easter!
The handsome couple in the image came from North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae… Read the rest “Science Art: The Male and Female of Caligus centrodonti.”
These are fossilized shells from Thomas Davidson’s “On Some Fossil Brachiopoda,” or “Palaeontological Notes on the Brachiopoda,” from this magazine… Read the rest “Science Art: Plate XII foldout by Thomas Davidson, from The geologist : a popular monthly magazine of geology.”
NASA has some of the best perspectives on the planet (and some of the planet’s best perspectives).
Like so.
This is a for-real spaceship looking plenty space operatic,… Read the rest “Science Art: ISS016-E-032414 (Underside of Space Shuttle Endeavour), 2008”
This is a big horn for making big noise. It’s the way the European Space Agency tests how satellites stand up to the noise of a rocket launch… which, of course,… Read the rest “Science Art: LEAF Sound Horn, by ESA – A. Le Floc’h”
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