https://vimeo.com/75227411
Swann Auction Galleries in Manhattan recently sold an album of 1500 early twentieth century mugshots…
…including several depicting members of the International Workers of the World (“Wobblies”), in addition to a cross-section of crimes from across the country, including California, Oregon, Iowa, Arkansas, and New York (and Canada), likely assembled for surveillance and perp identification.
NASA Goddard’s CGI vision of how the now Red Planet might have looked if – as many scientists believe – it once had water and thus, the potential for life.
Like Mars. With water on it.
The artist’s concept is based on evidence that Mars was once very different. Rapidly moving clouds suggest the passage of time, and the shift from a warm and wet to a cold and dry climate is shown as the animation progresses. The lakes dry up, while the atmosphere gradually transitions from Earthlike blue skies to the dusty pink and tan hues seen on Mars today.
Italian architect Luigi Prina made his first model aircraft at the age of 16. In his mid 60s, after a successful career in building design, he met painter and boat builder Eugenio Tomiolo who challenged him to make one of his model boats fly.
In the twenty years since, Prima has dedicated his retirement to creating delicate, fully functional flying models worthy of Leonardo DaVinci.
MORE: Luigi Prina: The Ships That Sail Through The Clouds (Blinking City)
Photos by Gianluca Giannone.
On November 14, 1963, the Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile shot into space from the South Atlantic at 17,000 miles per hour. This unmanned booster would eventually carry the Gemini space capsules, NASA’s second manned mission to space, succeeding Mercury and preceding Apollo. But what made that fateful November morning particularly noteworthy was something else: Mounted on the second stage of the missile was a camera that offered a preview of what the astronauts would see from space and provided the first-ever footage from the cosmos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3aFBgP23sw
A minute and a half of cats acting like teh hoomins.
(Thanks mihailfrancu)
Back in the early 90s, Universal and Paramount Pictures joined forces to bring the green-screen experience to patrons of the Universal Orlando theme park.
Two VHS tapes recently dug out and uploaded by Redditors ouaoausd and Cirrus42 leave no doubt as to the sheer magnificence of the concept.
Gene Roddenberry’s intro, acting tips from Nimoy and Shatner and the punters themselves. Oh sweet Lord, the punters themselves.
(H/T: Graeme McStabby)
ASAP Science compares the relative lethality of both classes of air banquet.
The results of wh….here, was that you?
Collage artist Mark Wagner sets to work on the US dollar bill. Sez he:
Anarchists are certain that I’m an anarchist because I cut up a favorite tool of the oppressor. Capitalists think I am a capitalist because I revel in it.
Veritaserum’s Derek Muller guests on this week’s Mental Floss list show about accidental discoveries including Viagra, Post-It notes and the cardiac pacemaker.
A sobering and revealing six minute clip of food mass production and consumption from the 2011 film SAMSARA that’s been doing the rounds of late. Producer Mark Magidson sez:
We are happy this clip has struck a chord with so many people, and we hope that the interest in this clip will lead viewers to see SAMSARA in its entirety. This clip represents only 6 minutes from a 100 minute long film, which was photographed in 25 countries and explores many other diverse aspects of the human experience. We would love for viewers to experience SAMSARA as a whole.
(H/T: Joe in Galway)
