Category: Photo
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World’s biggest digital sensor on a telescope
The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) is a project that is being prepared to hunt for dangerous asteroids that may hit Earth (and possibly wipe out Humans like one did for the Dinosaurs). Technically, the sensor is impressive. It’s no less than 40cm-wide and hosts 1.4billion pixels (can you say “1.4 giga-pixel…
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Doomsday photo gallery
A photo gallery only about nuclear explosions: nuclear.fatal.ru from Russia.
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Darth Vador privacy breached
We knew already all about Darth Vador youth. But his private life was staying out of reach of even the most courageous paparazzis. This is no longer the case, thanks to Esteban Diacono.
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PopPhoto Flash: Photo tips of the day
Popular Photography & Imaging Magazine is a very nice photo magazine. I love their web site (PopPhoto Flash) because it regularly publishes photo tips of fairly good quality. Among the latest that attracted my attention, I’ll ist: Hungry for Food Photography – Cooking photos Beach Shots That Aren’t Boring – Beach photography Improve Your Landscapes…
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Stripes
After a previous hommage to the classic form of spiral, I wanted to honor stripes. They easily provide a nice basis for photographic composition (often bordering on optical illusion) and they are an excellent inspiration for the abstract artist hidden in most photographer’s hearts. by brokenchopstick by Eggz by darkmatter by s2art by miskan by…
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Giant jellyfish
This is too big! Did you think that sharks were dangerous? Yomiuri Shimbun/AFP/Getty Images, via ScienceBlog Select.
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Detailed image of Antartica
Thanks to USGS and NASA, we will have one of the most detailed photo of the Antartica continent. Using images from the Landsat 7 satellite, the researchers created the most detailed, high-resolution map of Antarctica. This results in what is now known as the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA). Using several images of the…
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Best science images of 2007
The National Geographic just published the awards of the Best science image competiton for 2007. Five images showing how science can look nice.
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Ice caves
A portfolio of great photos taken while exploring ice caves all over the world. link