I’ve been saying it all along.
This science comic tells the truth.
They do, you know.
Science Art
Science Art: Mort de Harris (1824), from the Tissandier Collection at the Library of Congress.
The Death of Harris, who jumped from a hydrogen balloon in 1824.
It was not a “perfectly good balloon,” as the sky divers put it – it was leaking, and … Read the rest “Science Art: Mort de Harris (1824), from the Tissandier Collection at the Library of Congress.”
Paul Calle’s Apollo sketches
In 1969, NASA artist Paul Calle followed the Apollo astronauts as they prepared to climb into a capsule and ride a rocket to the moon.
Luckily for us, he sketched what he saw.
Science Art: Pelton Wheel, p. 1593, Webster’s New International.
Behold the Pelton wheel. This is a kind of water turbine designed to turn babbling brooks into industrious electrical generators.
Beautiful imagery from the Wikipedia entry: “There… Read the rest “Science Art: Pelton Wheel, p. 1593, Webster’s New International.”
Science Art: S125-E-007900 (Canary Islands Vortices), STS-125 Shuttle Mission Imagery
June marks the official beginning of hurricane season. Here’s where they start from, whirling spirals off the coast of North Africa. Soon, I imagine, a couple… Read the rest “Science Art: S125-E-007900 (Canary Islands Vortices), STS-125 Shuttle Mission Imagery”
Science Art: Mars & Beyond, directed by Ward Kimball, 1957
What might life on Mars be like? That’s the question Disney was asking TV viewers in 1957.
This has to be seen to be believed….
FANTASTIC HUNTERS WHO KILL BY CONCENTRATING THE… Read the rest “Science Art: Mars & Beyond, directed by Ward Kimball, 1957”
Science Art: Artist’s View of Extrasolar Planet HR 8799b by NASA, ESA and G. Bacon (STScl)
You can read the full story on Hubblesite.org; the short version – Hubble found this planet in 1998, but nobody realized it until a Canadian scientist –… Read the rest “Science Art: Artist’s View of Extrasolar Planet HR 8799b by NASA, ESA and G. Bacon (STScl)”
Science Art: Schlieren photograph of a T-38 at Mach 1.1, altitude 13,700 feet, by Leonard Weinstein.
This is what a sonic boom looks like, through a Schlieren camera – one outfitted to see differences in air pressure. The T-38 pilot could probably feel these bands… Read the rest “Science Art: Schlieren photograph of a T-38 at Mach 1.1, altitude 13,700 feet, by Leonard Weinstein.”
Science Art: Aard-wolf, Webster’s New International
Proteles cristata, the earth-wolf of southern Africaraman amplifier. He’s got a guilty look about him, doesn’t he? He knows what the other hyenas have been hiding. They’re… Read the rest “Science Art: Aard-wolf, Webster’s New International”
Science art: Cannabis sativa, Nordisk familjebok
Happy 4/20, all you stoners.
This is where rope comes from. And paper, and oil, and birdseed, and cheese, and fabric, and…. duuuuude.
Image found in a very special category on Wikimedia… Read the rest “Science art: Cannabis sativa, Nordisk familjebok”
Science Art: Ammonit-internal-xx_hg, by Hannes Grobe.
A partially polished ammonite fossil.
At one point in history, these guys ruled the world. A few million years ago, there were bajillions of varieties of nearly … Read the rest “Science Art: Ammonit-internal-xx_hg, by Hannes Grobe.”
Science Art: Bipolar direct-current generator, Webster’s New International
Where Edison’s power came from. It’s a step up from what was called, no lie, an iron-clad machine.
Today, we use alternating current. (Go ahead, click that link. It lets you … Read the rest “Science Art: Bipolar direct-current generator, Webster’s New International”
Science Art: Ambystoma maculatum by John D. Willson
A spotted salamander, spotted in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
Photo from the USGS Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative.
Science Art: Euproctis chrysorrhoea ugglan, Nordisk familjebok
Euproctis chrysorrhoea, better known as the Browntail moth.
It stings our skin and devastates our farmland, and is the subject of experiments using pheromones as a population control… Read the rest “Science Art: Euproctis chrysorrhoea ugglan, Nordisk familjebok”
Science Art: Northern Snakehead – Channa argus
Click to embiggen, if you dare
A striking image of an invasive exotic species (native to China, Russia and Korea) that was introduced into continental North America, where local fish populations… Read the rest “Science Art: Northern Snakehead – Channa argus”