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Tag: geology
April 20, 2013
What I learned today: apparently volcanoes can puff smoke rings
These were “puffed” by Mount Etna in 2000. Apparently, she recently did it again.
January 16, 2013
Vintage National Geographic Images
Charles Bittinger, Eclipse of the Sun by the Earth, 1930s
Vittorio Sella, A Cascade of Weathered Ice Spills From the 14 Square Mile Glacier, Karagour Glacier, Caucasus Mountains, Russia, 1910s
Pierre Mion, Habitat in Space, 1970s
On display at the Steven Kasher Gallery until February 16th, 2013
January 10, 2013
This has to be the coolest memo pad I’ve ever seen: Topographically accurate too.
“A memo pad that looks as if it has been cut directly out of the earth’s crust. The earth’s surface seems to be whittled away as the pages of the pad are used, and the pattern of the geographical features and the coastal lines changes. A memo pad that lets you enjoy the same kind of sensation you get from diving down into the ocean.”
Available from geografia. Via Stacy Thinx.
January 9, 2013
Giant Sculpture Awaits Climate Change and Subsequent Sea Level Rise
“One of the known environmental changes that is happening is the rising of the sea level through global warming. It is critical to me that at the time of its making this work reacts with the viewer, the walking viewer, on the top of the polder and that the surface that the viewer stands on is the surface that the work stands on. The work cannot have a plinth. Over time, should the rising of the sea level mean that there has to be a rising of the dike, this means that there should be a progressive burying of the work.”
Piece and quote by Antony Gormley. Via My Modern Met.
May 14, 2012
Artistic patterns embeded snowy landscapes: a very pretty way to create albedo.
Who would have thought albedo could be so pretty?
“Artist Simon Beck creates amazing pieces of snow art by walking in the snow wearing raquettes (snowshoes). Each artwork is typically the size of three soccer fields and takes 2 days to complete. The Oxford-educated self-employed map maker typically walks for about 5 to 9 hours or until he gets too tired, using a headlamp if it gets dark first.”
By Simon Beck, via Amusing Planet.
May 8, 2012
Amazing video of the Yosemite Range #whoa
Yesterday, I passed on a link of an epic and breathtaking space video. Now, take a look at how pretty our own planet can be. Best viewed in HD in full screen.
By Shawn Reeder.
May 6, 2012
In a word: “Whoa…” Augmented Reality Sandbox
This is seriously amazing. I want boardgames with this feature!
Via Colossal.
April 20, 2012
Grain of sand or small moon? Can you guess which is which?
The top image is a portrait of two grains of Coney Island sand. Below it is a NASA image of Phobos, one of the moons of Mars.
By Alison Cornyn via McSweeney’s.
March 20, 2012
Striking graphic showing volume of Earth versus volume of Earth’s water versus volume of Earth’s fresh water
In this illustration, the blue ball represents the volume of all the water on earth, relative to the size of the earth. The tiny speck to the right of the blue ball represents Earth’s fresh water.
CREDIT: David Gallo/WHOI.
