heaveninawildflower: Blue tits  (Cyanistes caeruleus) from the Canary islands (circa 1920). Scanned from Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery Henrik Grönvold (1858–1940) Wikimedia
× 164 × birds × illustration × science × art × nature × history
× 134 × illustration × nature × science × stripes × documentation
jtotheizzoe: A cloudy filament of super-heated hydrogen across the Sun. The Sun has weather too, in a sense. This “cloud” of charged gas is powered by the magnetic field that surrounds the Sun. (via APOD)
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scipsy: Infrared View of the Milky Way Center
× 293 × Astronomy × milky way × infrared × space × science × wonder
featherandmoss: Star map of the Southern Hemisphere.
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scientificillustration: Pig skeleton by BioDivLibrary on Flickr. [Die vergleichende Osteologie /.Bonn :In Commission bei Eduard Weber,1821-1838..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40170362
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timelightbox: European Southern Observatory / AFP / Getty Images May 16, 2012. The peculiar galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) pictured through the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile.  From violence in Colombia and a huge fire in Manila to soccer championships across Europe and the presidential handover ceremony in France, TIME’s photo department presents the best images of the week. See more here.
× 32 × galaxy Centaurus A × galexy × NASA × science × space × chile × beauty × wonder
theartofgooglebooks: Image transferred from uncovered opposite plate. From p. 289 of Nature Displayed in the Heavens and On the Earth by Simeon Shaw (1823). Original from Oxford University. Digitized July 11, 2008.
× 78 × oceans × whales × Illustration × science × history
× 16989 × sharks × science × blanket statements × fearmongering × truth
scientificillustration: Amphisbaena fuliginosa, also known as the Black-and-white Worm Lizard, Speckled Worm Lizard or Spotted Worm Lizard
× 34 × snakes × illustration × science × art
compendium-of-beasts: Royal boa. (1802) via NYPL
× 184 × science × illustration × compendium of beasts × beasts × beauty × nature
scientificillustration: Pollen from ‘Ueber den Pollen’ by Julius Fritzsche Published 1837
× 175 × pollen × Illustration × science × art
scipsy: Cosmic dust clouds in Messier 78 This image of the region surrounding the reflection nebula Messier 78, just to the north of Orion’s belt, shows clouds of cosmic dust threaded through the nebula like a string of pearls. (via ESO)
× 1342 × science × space × eso × european southern observatory
fuckyeahmedicaldiagrams: 1908 Medical Illustration - The Arteries
× 153 × Illustration × science × anatomy × who we are × blood × heart beat
× 117 × illustration × history × science × art × insects × 1600s × bugs