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Astronaut Andre Kuipers Shares Stunning Images of Earth from Space. EmailEmail In space, 28,000 km/h, 400 km above Earth, Dutch astronaut and physician Andre Kuipers is currently on a 191-days research mission at the International Space Station.

Astronaut Andre Kuipers Shares Stunning Images of Earth from Space

Activity: Can You Identify Ancestry? Forensic anthropologists determine the ancestry of a skeleton by examining the morphology, or shape, of the skull and by taking measurements of the skull vault (cavity) and face.

Activity: Can You Identify Ancestry?

By comparing these results with data from populations worldwide, scientists can evaluate that individual's relationship to a world group. Because only three main ancestral groups were represented around the Chesapeake Bay in the 17th century - American Indians, Europeans, and Africans from the sub-Saharan region - the features from these three groups can be used to compare with the skeletal remains in the cellar.

Figure 1 depicts European, American Indian, and sub-Saharan African skulls. European Figure 2 depicts the characteristics of a European skull. Figure 2. American Indian Figure 3 depicts the characteristics of an American Indian skull. Figure 3. Sub-Saharan African. Hong kong crowded cityscape photo. Random photo Submit your photo.

hong kong crowded cityscape photo

Lost Type Co-op. Lucy Morris (luemorris. Vintage political posters. Here is a selection of old Japanese posters featuring political, social and environmental messages.

Vintage political posters

Sheltered Weaklings (Takashi Kono, 1953) [+] Anti-pollution poster (Kenji Ito, 1973) Against the introduction of nuclear weapons into Japan (Kinkichi Takahashi, 1960s) Anti-war poster (Kenji Iwasaki, 1960s) [+] // Give Us Back Man (Tsunehisa Kimura, 1969) [+] Mysterious Places: Explore sacred sites and ancient civilizations. Funny4.gif (401×301) Crocodile Picture. Wolf Picture. Artist Takes Every Drug Known to Man, Draws Self Portraits After Each Use. This is all kinds of cool, and everything your mother told you not to do.

Artist Takes Every Drug Known to Man, Draws Self Portraits After Each Use

Bryan Lewis Saunders is an artist from Washington D.C., not just any artist though. Aperfectvacuum.jpg (1000×565) New Geometric Paper Art from Matthew Shlian. Paper artist Matthew Shlian (previously) who refers to himself perhaps more appropriately as a paper engineer, has a new series of intricate paper sculptures which are cut and constructed by hand as part of a process that involves more math than you could shake a protractor at.

New Geometric Paper Art from Matthew Shlian

Via Ghostly International: Matthew Shlian works within the increasingly nebulous space between art and engineering. Namib-Naukluft Park Picture – Travel Wallpaper. Brutal Murder Chicks :Juli Jah. You'll Love Me When I'm Gone: Photographs of Our Melting Glaciers - Climate Desk. This summer could be dubbed The Great Melt.

You'll Love Me When I'm Gone: Photographs of Our Melting Glaciers - Climate Desk

The belt of ice surrounding the Arctic has melted to its lowest level in history, a record seen by many scientists as evidence of long-term climate change. Adding to environmentalists' fears, Shell sunk its first drill bit into the Arctic seabed, taking the first steps in American offshore oil exploration in these frigid waters. Wall.jpg (960×624) SouthparkFAT.jpg (2800×1250) Bursts Of Color Brighten An Already-Brilliant Sky. Early 1900s in Colour - All around the world. All around the world - Franny Wentzel - Thursday, May 6th, 2010 : goo [previous] :: [next] In the early part of the 20th century French-Jewish capitalist Albert Kahn set about to collect a photographic record of the world, the images were held in an 'Archive of the Planet'.

Early 1900s in Colour - All around the world

Before the 1929 stock market crash he was able to amass a collection of 180,000 metres of b/w film and more than 72,000 autochrome plates, the first industrial process for true colour photography. Woodberry Poetry Room. The Listening Booth represents a small portion of the Woodberry Poetry Room’s total collection: The online highlights feature selections from our on-going digitization of fragile phonodiscs and magnetic media, as well as born-digital recordings from our recent Poetry Room events.

Woodberry Poetry Room

Unless otherwise indicated, all recordings were made by or at Harvard University. Additional information about each recording is available via HOLLIS by searching under the author and the year. For playback on the Woodberry Poetry Room website only. A Canopy of Colorful Umbrellas Spotted in Portugal. 3D animated origami instructions to make a peace crane, flapping bird, and football shirt. Scene of the Hate Crime. LESLEY DILL : PRINTMAKING : LANDFALL PRESS. Small Poem Dress (The Soul Selects...)

LESLEY DILL : PRINTMAKING : LANDFALL PRESS

Litho, newspaper Edition of 50 10 x 10.5 in Dada Poem Wedding Dress Photo litho on muslin and Hindi newspaper 60 x 45 in Blue Body and Soul Little Women. Harry Clarke, Illustrations for E. A. Poe. Harry Clarke, Illustrations for E. Lackadaisy Expressions. Boy, I didn't know what I was getting myself into when I started this. Oliver Jeffers - Picture Books. Photography by Angus R Shamal. A self portrait of Stanley Kubrick with his daughter, Jack Nicholson and the crew @ the set of The Shining. A selection of some of the most awesome Behind-the-scenes shots I’ve seen from some famous movies found at aintitcool.com. Back when set designs were huge and hand made, when special effects where mechanic and photographic and film stars were risking their lives on the set.

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