This is What a Scientist Looks Like
posted by Miko on Feb 2, 2012 - 101 comments

A few small things, seen up close.
posted by nomadicink on Oct 12, 2010 - 34 comments

The Year's Most Amazing Scientific Images
posted by Artw on Dec 4, 2009 - 18 comments

Atmospheric Optics. Rainbows, in spray, of moonlight, in reflective paint, without sky, with spokes, twinned, reflected, in clouds, in the fog, more. Halos, horizon distortion, green flashes, pillars, near-contrails. Surface and volume shadows. Waves atop the atmosphere. Mysteries. Picture of the Day. Via. Previously. Still no unicorns.
posted by fantabulous timewaster on Jan 13, 2009 - 18 comments

Picturing the Museum: The American Museum of Natural History Photo Collection.
posted by peacay on Jun 26, 2008 - 13 comments

A woman ovulates during surgery for a partial hysterectomy, and it's caught on film.
posted by streetdreams on Jun 12, 2008 - 81 comments

Landsat Image Mosaic Of Antarctica UK and US researchers peice together the most detailed map of Antarctica yet, searching through years of data to find cloud free images.
posted by Artw on Nov 27, 2007 - 17 comments

Eye Of Science - Beautiful images of the microscopic world. (via boingboing.net)
posted by buriednexttoyou on Dec 31, 2004 - 13 comments

Spectacular atmospheric optics.
Beautiful pictures of atmospheric phenomena, common and rare. You can also run your own halo simulations if you like... (Found in New Scientist's Weblinks, an extensive, annotated collection of all kinds of science links from all over the web.)
posted by talos on Sep 12, 2002 - 13 comments