Tag: photography

Saiga Antelope

[Top image found here. More about them here, with video.]

Sphinx Butt

Its tail is blocking the view. Sorry.
[Found here.]

Phantom Fluorite

Phantom Fluorite – Bergmännisch Glück Mine, Frohnau, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany.

Beautiful sharp-colorzoned fluorite crystals up to 1.2 cm in size as an unique crystal cluster from the famous Bergmännisch Glueck Mine, Frohnau, Ore Mts., Saxony, Germany. Fotos were taken when backlit the piece. Slight power of light is a enough for illuminating this beauty.

Inside of the amber-yellow fluorite crystals there are sharp signed blue to purple colorzones visible. Very expressive coloration from a small find before the pieces with the blue phantoms were found. A few chalcopyrite crystals are also visible. The matieral is highly sought after among the locals and the fluorite collectors. Much better in person!

[Images and description from here, via  Dancing-Wombat. ]

Ingravescent Hot Links

The Rose of Washington Square, The Frankie Carle Quartet (1947) Frankie Carle was nicknamed “The Wizard of the Keyboard” for his piano skills. Sunrise Serenade was Carle’s best-known composition, rising to No. 1 in the US in 1938 and selling more than one million copies.

BZZZT!

Citizen Wade.

Schulz’ Virtue.

The comments.

St. Nan the Polite.

The first webcam.

Which way is best?

“I need a mannequin.“

Happy Birthday, Elvis.

Norty Blues Episode 98.

“Say it” [via Bunkerville].

The Margate Shell Grotto.

Dropping the Tannenbaum.

Another reason to have kids.

Visit Alcatraz [via Everlasting Blört].

The Flying Saucer [via Memo Of The Air].

Grammarian vs Errorist: The Showdown.

The Son Who Couldn’t Leave [via Nag on the Lake].

Unum saltum et siffletum et unum bumbulum. [h/t Bits & Pieces].

Pacific Palisades Fire updates here.
Also this.

[Top image: Early 1900s stereoscope photos, unknown origin, found here.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.

Doggo & Friend in the Booth

In the winter of 1943, a well-dressed man posed for several photos with his German Shepherd in a photo booth at New York City’s Grand Central Station.

[Found here.]

2024 Naval & Maritime Photo Contest Winners

[More photos with descriptions and credits at https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2024/december/2024-naval-maritime-photo-contest ]

Nepheligenous Hot Links

Party Hard, Little Isidore & the Inquisitors (ca. 2012)Little Isidore is the  alter ego of David Forman, a little known musician with a great resume; he fronts The Inquisitors, aka The Golden Inquisitors, aka The Mighty Inquisitors. Live stream December 2024 reunion show here: https://volume.com/t/gGilog/

Tree is lit.

Driftwood.

Styro Steve.

Input/Output.

Snowcatcher.

The Shadows.

WWII Torpedo Juice.

Christmas hedgehogs.

Getting down to work.

Norty Blues Episode 95.

London, December 1940.

Smoke alarm sing-along.

Butterflies, bats & wolves.

The Tree People [via Mme. Jujujive].

Sharing the bounty [via Bunkerville].

Merry Xmas from Panzergruppe Süd.

“…no shops, no temptations, no waste time…”

A volumetric 3D display [via Memo Of The Air].

[Top image: Raindrops on Weeds in a Broken Wall, Hollie Jane Wright photographer; via IDHMGO].

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.

Black & White

[Original image found here.]

WetCoaster

The Big Dipper roller coaster, Santa Cruz, California. Schmuel Thaler, photographer, 2024. [Found here via FB.]

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored