Mi(ni)Geo

There wasn’t much color photography in Darwin’s day, so all the photos we have of him are in black and white (or sepia). Here’s a site with some skillful retouching of old photos to add color…and a new version of a familiar image. (vía Pharyngula)

Southwest No 72 (vía adolfo_isassi)

The American Southwest. Copyright: Adolfo Isassi.

Observing the Moon (by Science Museum London)

Diapositive of photograph taken with the Kew Photoheliograph, 1860–62. This photograph of the Moon was taken by Warren De La Rue using the Kew photoheliograph, the first astronomical instrument with built-in photography. At Kew Observatory, the instrument was used to track changes in the appearance of the Sun and Moon.

Something Wicked This Way Comes (by w9jim)

bearsandbears:

Henrik Isaksson Garnell

As part of a project funded by the Southern California Earthquake Center, David Lynch (USGS), Kenneth Hudnut (USGS), David Dearborn (LLNL) and John Bayless (First Point Scientific Inc.) have made a number of low altitude photographic flights over the San Andreas Fault and parts of the Banning Fault. The goal is to obtain imagery with a spatial resolution of just a few centimeters on the ground; for planning field operations, to document the surface state of the fault before a major earthquake, and to provide many examples of fault landforms for education. (…) Together, they form a continuous record from the Salton Sea in Imperial County to central California, near California State Highway 198 in Monterey County. All photographs are in the public domain and can be used by anyone for any reason. Credit: David K. Lynch. (via EPOD)

hannahfromtexas:

“In 1929 a sizeable section of land in the southern tip of San Pedro, California began to unexplainably slip into the sea. The 600 block of Paseo Del Mar began moving seaward in 1929 and continued to slip until the mid 1930s. Movement was measured as high as 11 inches a day. Due to quick action, all but two of the houses on the seaward side of the street were moved before toppling into the sea. The eastern section of Point Fermin Park was lost and the entire area is very unstable, yet not moving at the present time.” - Urban Exploration Resource

atravesdeestosojos:

Monte Perdido

lastdetail:

A story is written in the rocks in a language too old to tell..

Lanzarote, Caldera de Los Cuervos (by astrohans)

ifitwasntthis:

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Yellowstone NP. Wyoming. August 2011.

unknownskywalker:

Milky Way above the Himalaya by Anton Jankovoy

Nepal, Annapurna Sanctuary, Modi Khola Valley, 2011.

(via abluegirl)

(Source: michaeldonovan)

Etna Paroxysm - kd produzione (by KdEtna)

Un videomosaico delle varie attività che hanno interessato l’Etna da Gennaio 2011 a Settembre 2011. A tutt’oggi si contano circa 13 episodi parossistici e non tutti sono stati ripresi. Seguirli è qualcosa di meraviglioso anche perchè ogni episodio parossistico è unico ed ha caratteristiche proprie. Immagini e montaggio: Klaus Dorschfeldt alias KdEtna. Segui tutte le news, guarda foto e video sul sito etnawalk.

Best of Etna in 2011. Great images and soundtrack.

Lanzarote, Cuerva del Verdes (by astrohans)