Thursday, September 28, 2006

Unreal CG

CG ImageClick the thumbnail to see the larger image. This is not a photograph. It's computer generated. For more, visit the CG Society.

Saturday, September 23, 2006

Miniature Earth


The statistics are from the 1990s, taken from the UN and NGOs operating around the world. If anything, the numbers have probably gotten worse. Pause for a moment, click on play on the clip above. If you remain unmoved, you're a person the world needs less of.

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Russian Anti-American Propaganda Posters

Wasn't the cold war a whole lot more fun than fighting terrorists?

Monday, September 18, 2006

Atlantis Docking to ISS

Atlantis ISS Docking
Here's a really cool image of the space shuttle Atlantis docking to ISS recently. The Sun is the background. Look at the image full-size -- the specks -- look closely. Cool!

Monday, September 11, 2006

Images of the Middle East

Check out this site for some photographs from the Middle East before the second world war.

Thursday, September 07, 2006

Astronomical Scale

Astronomical scale
Astronomical scale
Astronomical scale
Astronomical scale
Astronomical scale

Getting too big for your britches ... click on the images above to get back to reality. [These were stolen from Tim Iacono's site.]

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Cool Picture of the Moon

Click for larger image of the MoonCheck out this absolutely amazing picture of the Moon. The image was made by a gent going under the moniker, NoelC, over at Broadband Reports. This image is a composition of shots of the Moon and background stars, with the Moon hypersaturated to bring out the colours.