NASA Images. Science's Top Image Galleries of the Year | Wired Science. One in the Eye: Architecture firm creates haunting video of London years in the future - with landmarks such as London Eye. By Rob Waugh Published: 19:32 GMT, 12 March 2012 | Updated: 10:58 GMT, 13 March 2012 The London Eye stands empty - and instead of happy tourists, the landmark is covered with makeshift dwellings like sheds hanging from its struts. The animation was created by London-based studio FactoryFifteen, and shows familiar landmarks including Battersea Power Station covered in waste as the city forgets them - where even the most famous parts of London's landscape are 'unfinished, incomplete or broken.' Scroll down for video A London Eye, patched with strange new structures, shows how the metropolis has evolved around dead landmarks Battersea power station is shrouded in vegetation in a vision of a future London by Dan Tassell Recognisable cityscapes are covered with swarms of new construction as the London we know decays Factory Fifteen used a 3D visualisation package to build on top of the 'real' London, with movement sequences built from footage filmed on a Canon 5D MKII .
What The World Looks Like, If You’re The Last Person On Earth. Paris-based French and German artists Lucie & Simon have created a series that taps onto the idea of being one of the last people on earth. In ‘Silent World’, the artistic duo used neutral density filters that allow for extra-long exposures—to limit light entry without closing the aperture or increasing the shutter speed, and remove moving objects like people and cars. In the photo series, places from all over the world—such as New York’s Time Square, Paris’ Place de l'Opera, and Beijing’s Tiananmen Square—are left deserted and entirely empty in the day time, except for one or two people.
“Small intrusions are the true sparks here, because their disconcerting presence disrupts the majestic calm of the streets and squares. Are the latter guilty or victims?” Klaus Honnef, art critic and curator, wrote. [via designboom] Receive interesting stories like this one in your inbox. Stunning Photos of Solar Flares & Sun Storms | Solar Flares & Space Weather | Sun Storm Photos.
A year in space: 30 pictures of Earth taken from the International Space Station in 2011. Hong_Kong_Night_Skyline_non-HDR.jpg (JPEG Image, 4670 × 2000 pixels) - Scaled (40. Striking photographs capture the fiery beginnings of indoor explosions. 15 Perfectly timed Photos.
Nature Photos Team. Lunch on a skyscraper: The history of a famous photograph. This is the original glass-plate negative of the iconic photo of construction workers eating lunch on a girder during the construction of Rockefeller Center's RCA building in 1932. Today, those of us who remember using analog cameras remember taking photographs on film — literally a plastic (or, earlier, paper or celluloid) strip covered with a film of light-sensitive chemicals. But once upon a time, when you took a photograph, you took it on a piece of glass. The glass could be as small as 3 inches by 5 inches, or as big as 11" x 17". Originally, each piece of glass had to be dipped into an emulsion of chemicals on site, and the photograph taken before the chemicals had dried — a time on the order of minutes. That meant that, wherever photographers went, they had to carry an entire darkroom with them. The downside: Taking a photo with these plates required exposure times that would seem incredibly long to us today.
Strange Worlds on the Behance Network. This stunning underwater scene is made of wax, jelly beans, and toothpaste. How did we fake photos before Photoshop? Here I'd like to talk a little bit about some of the most basic manipulative techniques used in classic photography. All of these are done in the camera or in the darkroom. A double or multiple exposure can be made either on the negative "in camera," or on the paper, in the darkroom.
In camera multiple exposures are elementary and use a tripod, to capture the same scene twice from one position, and basic math, to calculate the final exposure divided by number of frames, for a lesser exposure for each individual shutter click. Often seen as an action performed in sequence, it can also of course be used to show two separately staged things together. SExpand This image is from 1927 film Sunrise which also has great examples of forced perspective and other tricks. The cut and paste style of photo collage was a popular hobby among lady scrapbookers going back to the beginning of popular photography. These same techniques continue to fool people today Let's not forget that THE CAMERA LIES. Under an electron microscope, spider skin is cooler than you might have imagined. Incredible Photograph Captures Exact Moment of Tank Shell Hitting Against Syrian Rebels. What would the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake look like today?
These jellyfish photos are some of the most gorgeous underwater images we've seen in ages. Seahorses aren't horses as well, but they're still called that. At least "seahorse" as a name has the "sea" suffix, as does "sea star" (the proposed alternative to "starfish. " Since the word "jellies" is already used for sugary fruit condiments, I suggest "seajellies" to avoid confusion, linguistic and culinary. (Wasn't it Charles Stross's _Accelerando_ with a starship crew drinking jellyfish shots? Albeit an uploaded crew with VR beverages aboard their soda can-sized starship.)
Alternately we could speak of jellyfish, starfish and horsefish, plus bonyfish, cartyfish (sharks and rays), and whalyfish (since cetaceans were traditionally grouped with "fish" when the word meant "streamlined aquatic animal"). I thought we were calling them seas these days, as the aren't horses. Pineapple, sea cucumber, starfish, snap dragons....
Experience Hours in an Instant with These Time Lapse Wallpapers. Famous Pictures Recreated With Star Wars Figures. Technicolor ferrofluids are a magnetic acid trip. Seeing the Unseen—How Modern Photography Is Expanding Human Perception. Photos of animals wandering a post-human Dubai. Can you guess the subject of this photo? (Hint: over half the US population consumes it every day.) Old photos of the Statue of Liberty standing in Paris were extraordinarily surreal. Now then, my good chaps, if there happens an unusual occurrence in your locality, after whom should you inquire? Why, of course, Dr. Spengler & Co. Paranormal Investigators Ltd. In the event of odd phenomena that appear unpleasant, after whom should you inquire? Certainly, Dr. Spengler & Co. Dr. Should you see items that appear only in your mind, after whom should you inquire? Upon discovery of a invisible chap sharing your bed without your invitation, after whom should you inquire?
I see that you are already starred. In the voice of that kid in Jurassic Park: "That was great. " The Photographic Tricks That Make McDonald's Burgers Look Good. Welcome to the World of Gigapixel Photography. Incredible close-up photos of animals' eyes. Iconic ‘napalm girl’ photo from Vietnam War turns 40 NICK UT/AP Kim Phuc, center, with her clothes torn off, flees with other South Vietnamese children after a misdirected American aerial napalm attack on June 8, 1972. TRANG BANG, Vietnam — In the picture, the girl will always be 9 years old and wailing “Too hot! Too hot!” As she runs down the road away from her burning Vietnamese village. She will always be naked after blobs of sticky napalm melted through her clothes and layers of skin like jellied lava. She will always be a victim without a name.
It only took a second for Associated Press photographer Huynh Cong “Nick” Ut to snap the iconic black-and-white image 40 years ago. But beneath the photo lies a lesser-known story. “I really wanted to escape from that little girl,” says Kim Phuc, now 49. AP photographer Huynh Cong Ut takes a picture of Phan Thi Kim Phuc as she sits on a seawall in Havana in this August 1989 photo.
It was June 8, 1972, when Phuc heard the soldier’s scream: “We have to run out of this place! “Ba-boom! Once Upon a Time in Dubai - An FP Slide Show. Today, Dubai is known as a gleaming, glittering cosmopolitan oasis, crowned by the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. But it was not long ago that the city was as familiar with camels and dhows as it is now with Ferraris and indoor ski slopes.
The regional oil boom changed everything: As the Gulf states found themselves flush with trillions in petrodollars, the tiny emirate positioned itself as a financial entrepot and regional hub for construction and tourism. While the global recession hit it hard, leading many to speculate about a " Dubai bubble ," the emirate has rebounded nicely -- its economy is projected to grow by more than 4 percent this year after reinventing itself as a financial safe haven amid the Arab Spring, earning a spot on what the I nternational Herald Tribune calls the New Silk Road .
The following pictures, taken in the late 1960s and early 1970s, show a society just on the cusp of the ambitious development that would soon be its hallmark. Queen's Diamond Jubilee marked by amazing aerial pictures showing Britain from above. By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 11:18 GMT, 6 May 2012 | Updated: 09:01 GMT, 8 May 2012 This brilliant new collection of aerial photographs giving a spectacular bird's eye view of Britain from above has been released to mark the Queen's Jubilee year.
Bustling cities contrast with serene stretches of glorious countryside as sites that might seem ubiquitous from the ground are transformed into unique and wonderful images when viewed from above. The heart-stopping shots are the work of dedicated aerial photographer Jason Hawkes who developed a real love of Britain's varied landscape since taking his first flying lesson 20 years ago. Britain From Above Month by Month, by Jason Hawkes, published by DK, £20, Also available as an e-book from the iBookstore.
Perfect location: The Glenfinnan Viaduct in Scotland featured in the Harry Potter films Jubilee year: Buckingham Palace dominates the landscape in this aerial view of London Field of dreams: The Oval cricket pitch in South London at night. A rare insight into Kowloon Walled City. By Pamela Owen Published: 12:21 GMT, 5 May 2012 | Updated: 14:45 GMT, 5 May 2012 Once thought to be the most densely populated place on Earth, with 50,000 people crammed into only a few blocks, these fascinating pictures give a rare insight into the lives of those who lived Kowloon Walled City. Taken by Canadian photographer Greg Girard in collaboration with Ian Lamboth the pair spent five years familiarising themselves with the notorious Chinese city before it was demolished in 1992.
The city was a phenomenon with 33,000 families and businesses living in more than 300 interconnected high-rise buildings, all constructed without contributions from a single architect. Kowloon Walled City was notorious for drugs and crime but many of its 50,000 residents lived their lives peacefully until it was demolished in the early 90s Canadian photographer Greg Girard and Ian Lambot spent five years getting to know the residents and taking pictures of the densely populated buildings.