Tag Archives: photography
Earth And Sky Photo Contest 2012
“The winners and notable photos of the third International Earth and Sky Photo Contest, (twanight.org/contest), a program by The World at Night (TWAN) in collaboration with the Global Astronomy Month (astrowb.org) and the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO). The contest … Continue reading
Our World From The ISS
Commander Chris Hadfield is scheduled to return to Earth tomorrow (Monday 13th May). I’m sure he’s both looking forward to coming home and being with his family and friends again, and not looking forward to gravity again! I first heard … Continue reading
Chris Hadfield’s Snapshots From Space
This is too good and interesting not to post. Following on from yesterday’s videos of science aboard the ISS, today we have Commander Chris Hadfield talk about how he takes photos of the Earth from the ISS. If you follow … Continue reading
Wired Space Photo Of The Day
Wired are running a brilliant Space Photo of the Day series. Similar to Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), Wired’s version has a fantastic picture coupled with an explanation of what you’re seeing. Keep it bookmarked, and check out a … Continue reading
Long Exposure Neon Waterfalls
What’s happened to the waterfall? Why is it green? The answer is rather subtle and ingenious. Sean Lenz and Kristoffer Abildgaard dropped high-powered Cyalume glow sticks in a variety of colours into various waterfalls, and captured the results using long exposure … Continue reading
Ink In Water
Dropping any sort of liquid into water is rather fascinating. Dropping plumes of coloured ink into water and capturing the result using high-speed photography is downright brilliant. This is precisely what Alberto Seveso has done. The results are breathtaking. Ten … Continue reading
Vivid Snakes
Are you afraid of snakes? If so, probably best if you don’t head over to Wired and see a gallery of awesomely vivid snakes, like the lovely Sri Lankan palm viper we have on the left here. All the images … Continue reading
Nude Dancers Time Lapse Images
Have you ever wondered what time lapse images of nude dancers would look like? Well, wonder no more! Colossal have a selection of time lapse images of nude dancers created with 10,000 individual photographs. Created by Shinichi Maruyama, these blurry … Continue reading
Science In 2012
Another day closer to the end of 2012, another review of some of the awesome science and stuff that has gone on this year! Starting us off today is New Scientist with their picks of the year in life science. … Continue reading
Space 2012
2012 has seen a plethora of science pictures of and from space, and they are truly jaw dropping. Starting with the BBC, they have a few images of 2012 as seen from space. These include the capsized cruise ship Costa … Continue reading
