A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
clock | October 2, 2009Anne Frank: the only existing film images (0:09-0:14):
July 22 1941. The girl next door is getting married. Anne Frank is leaning out of the window of her house in Amsterdam to get a good look at the bride and groom. It is the only time Anne Frank has ever been captured on film. At the time of her wedding, the bride lived on the second floor at Merwedeplein 39. The Frank family lived at number 37, also on the second floor. The Anne Frank House can offer you this film footage thanks to the cooperation of the couple.
More at Mashable.
clock | September 11, 2009I heard someone else in the blogosphere does this on Fridays, but I could not resist stomping into his territory as this video is Teh Awesome, from the Seaplex expedition - a dead Giant Squid, torn apart by hungry marine biologists:
clock | September 4, 2009The third Annual Rock Flipping Day will be on September 20th this year. So start scouting for good places to go and be ready to participate.
And if you find cool critters under the rock, you can always submit your posts to the Friday Ark, of which the issue #259 is now live on Modulator.
clock | September 2, 2009Sheril is asking for pictures to serve as illustrations for her upcoming Kissing Book:
Have you ever taken a picture of bears nuzzling in the field or kissing fish? How about a provocative pair of human subjects? (With their permission!) Are you interested in having an image credited to you in a science book debuting next Fall? If you're a photographer with interesting pictures of kissing and cuddling [no higher than PG-13 content please], email me before September 14 at srkirshenbaum@yahoo.com.
clock | August 16, 2009At one point I came as close as 5 yards to it - click on little thumbnails to see bigger pictures:
clock | July 17, 2009As you may remember, a beautiful mammoth fossil was discovered in Serbia a couple of months ago. I promised I'd try to go and see it myself on my recent trip to Belgrade. And I did get to see it. But the story is more fun than just that.... ;-)
First, I tried to get in touch with Dr.Miomir KoraÄ, the Director of the Archaeological park Viminacium to ask for permission to photograph the fossil as well as to interview him. After a couple of e-mail addresses bounced, I got what I think is the correct address...but got no response.
Once I got to Belgrade, I asked my contacts there about this and…
clock | July 6, 2009A couple of German bloggers and I went to see the Butterfly House on the Island of Mainau. They had good cameras with lenses that allowed them to take extreme close-ups. I had to do with a little pocket camera, but a few pictures turned out decent enough to show:
clock | July 6, 2009Here are some more pictures from the domestic and wild animal life on the island:
clock | July 5, 2009The island of Mainau has been designed, decades ago, as a gigantic garden, natural preserve, and a model of sustainability. Thus, animals roaming the island are exceptionally fearless of humans. For this picture, taken during lunch on the island, all I needed to do was extend my camera-hand, while sitting, until it was about two feet away from the bird:
All sorts of birds, from crows to peacocks roam freely among the throngs of tourists there.
clock | June 22, 2009I am pretty sure it's a true bug (i.e., I am not being sloppy by calling just any ole' insect a bug). I got as close as I could with my iPhone, but the lighting was bad. This is on my porch and the bug is really large - about 1 inch in length of the body.
So, what is it?
clock | June 10, 2009
I guess that is it's purpose. The very first pic I took with the new iPhone. Around the corner here in Chapel Hill.
clock | June 7, 2009This one is much bigger than the one I saw last week. At least 12 inches long carapace (more pictures under the fold). What's the species?
