Images reincarnated in ruins
The many large havelis there, slowly consumed by time and the almost magical murals executed since the 18th century, have over the years become an integral part of artist Ram Partap Verma, rushing him to write a book and make a documentary film about them. . To highlight the rapidly disappearing heritage rarely taken into …
Netflix employees back out of Chappelle’s response (pictures and letter)
| Late Wednesday morning, workers at Netflix’s main office on Vine Street in Hollywood staged a walkout to protest the jokes against the transgender community in Dave chappellethe latest comedy special from The closest, and how Netflix handled the controversy. Co-CEO of Netflix Ted sarandos is under fire from Trans employees and activists for inaction …
Interactive satellite imagery shows summer turns to fall
Changing the leaves, drying the crops … the summer-autumn transition is happening not only before our eyes, but also from the “eyes” of the satellites. What would you like to know Dense forests turn green to orange, even visible from space The corn belt turns brown as crops dry out in the fall Satellite images …
9 million images, 5 decades of research and Landsat legacy
NASA’s Landsat 9 is ready to launch from Space Force Base Vandenberg, near farm fields and vineyards in Lompoc, California. The launch is expected in approximately 13 hours from the filing of this report, according to the countdown on the official NASA website. NASA has collected more than 9 million images of landscapes and coastlines …
Killers in Color: Images of Abraham Lincoln’s Assassins
These fascinating colorized photos bring the men and woman who murdered Abraham Lincoln to life. They show the conspirators handcuffed before their trial next to what is believed to be the last photo of Lincoln before his death. Another colorized photo shows the moment four of the plotters were hanged in front of a crowd …
First color images produced under an electron microscope – The Simmons Voice
By Angelica Coleman Editor-in-chief It’s easy to see why color images are more ideal than grayscale images. However, in the world of microscopy, producing color images is often a complicated task. Source: Adams et al./Cell Chemical Biology 2016 Electron microscopy is a high-power method used to observe atomically thin materials and cells. The microscope produces …
NASA’s new false-color images of Pluto and Charon are psychedelic and informative
We’re still a few hours away from receiving confirmation that New Horizons experienced its Pluto flyby, but that doesn’t mean the team behind the spacecraft is twiddling its thumbs. This afternoon, the team, led by lead investigator Alan Stern, released this exaggeratedly colored savage image of Pluto and its larger moon, Charon. It’s a very …
ESA’s Sentinel-2A satellite returns its first color images of Earth
Just four days after entering orbit, the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2A satellite delivered its first images of Earth. Acquired on June 27, 2015, this first image of Sentinel-2A covers the Po Valley, framed by the Alps to the north and the coastal mountains of France and Italy to the south. Scratches observed over water are …
Sentinel-2A satellite returns trippy color images of Earth
Sentinel-2A sees Italy as a patchwork of bright colors. Copernicus data (2015) / ESA Earth is already a colorful place, but it becomes surreal when viewed through the eyes of the Sentinel-2A satellite of the European Space Agency. Where human eyes could see swaths of green across the Po Valley in northern Italy, Sentinel-2A sees …
New Horizons takes first color images of Pluto and Charon
that of NASA New Horizons The spacecraft captured its first color images of the dwarf planet Pluto and its moon, Charon. Image Credit: JPL / NASA Laurel Kornfeld April 25, 2015 Using the Ralph color imager, one of its seven sophisticated instruments, New Horizons took his first color images of Pluto and Charon on April …