Fortepan is a collection of 4973 found amateur photos sourced mainly in Budapest. Pick a year and browse - photos are organized in chronological order from 1900 to 1990, accessible via a slider. "Users are encouraged to use, copy, send to friends, clip or paste the photos, which are
free for they are not our property."
(via Szanalmas, sometimes nsfw)
posted by madamjujujive
on Aug 29, 2010 -
19 comments
On July 17th, NASA's
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite
completed its first survey of the entire sky viewable from Earth. After just seven months in orbit, WISE -- a precursor to the planned
James Webb Space Telescope -- has returned more than a million images that provide a close look at
celestial objects ranging from
distant galaxies to
asteroids. The first release of WISE data, covering about 80 percent of the sky,
will be delivered to the astronomical community in May of next year, but in the meantime we can see some of the images and animations that NASA has released to date: Galleries
(containing just a small selection of images):
1,
2,
3,
4. Videos and Animations:
1,
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posted by zarq
on Jul 24, 2010 -
11 comments
The beauty of roots. From
Dan Christensen and Sam Derbyshire via John Baez. If you like algebra: these are plots of the density in the complex plane of roots of polynomials with small integral coefficients. If you don't: these are extravagantly beautiful images produced from the simplest of mathematical procedures. Explore the image interactively
here.
posted by escabeche
on Jan 4, 2010 -
29 comments
"All of the nomenclatural, bibliographic, and specimen data accumulated in
MBG’s electronic databases during the past 25 years are publicly available
here. This system has over one million scientific names and 3.5 million specimen records."
(Description from website.) Searchable by scientific or common name, the database includes brief
descriptions, images and
references (with some links to full text in
Botanicus), and
specimen and
distribution lists that are available in Google
Maps and
Earth. Quite a nice resource for anyone interested in botany.
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posted by cog_nate
on Mar 20, 2009 -
3 comments
You are interested in the
unknown... the
mysterious. The
unexplainable. That is why
you are
here. And now, for the first time, we are bringing to
you, the full story of
what happened on that
fateful day. We are bringing you all the
evidence, based only on the
secret testimony, of the
miserable souls, who survived this
terrifying ordeal. The
incidents, the
places. My
friend, we cannot keep
this a
secret any longer. Let us
punish the
guilty. Let us
reward the
innocent. My friend, can your heart stand the
shocking facts of a
flickr collection of old snapshots?
posted by gamera
on Feb 14, 2009 -
18 comments
Verve Photo. Photographer and photo editor Geoffrey Hiller has created Verve to feature photos and interviews by the finest young image makers today. Verve is a reminder of the power of the still image. Verve will also point you to new photo agencies, publications and inspiring multimedia projects.
posted by chunking express
on Oct 20, 2008 -
6 comments
Art Images for College Teaching is a
searchable,
browsable collection of 2,027, well, art images for college teaching, and appears to be mainly the personal collection of Art Historian
Allan Kohl (previously on MeFi), and thus represents his interests and specialities, not to mention the variable quality of his photographic skills. Rather strong in Ancient and Medieval, especially architecture, but tapers off as you become more distant from Europe or closer to the 20th century. Nice sets include the
Lion Hunt from Ashurbanipal, Iraq; the
exterior sculpture of Chartres; and
grave stele.
posted by Rumple
on Feb 1, 2008 -
4 comments
VADS is a resource for visual art, a huge range of things from students' work to collections of historical art and design.
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posted by paduasoy
on Jan 4, 2008 -
6 comments
Collage is an online image database from the collections of the City of London Libraries and the Guildhall Art Gallery. Images cover the last five centuries. You can search by key word or browse by theme, artist/engraver, person or place.
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posted by paduasoy
on Dec 22, 2007 -
7 comments
From about 1875 to the 1940s,
cigarette cards spurred tobacco sales. Sets offer a glimpse into the popculture of the times, spanning
newsmakers,
cinema celebrities, and
sports stars; cute illustrated subjects, like
"frisky" and
children with rosy cheeks; handy info like
air raid precautions,
first aid, and
amusing tricks; and neat stuff like
famous escapes,
exotic races, and
figures of speech. Browse
more fun sets of vintage images.
posted by madamjujujive
on Dec 11, 2007 -
21 comments
