1. 19 Mai


    newyorker: A cartoon by Paul Noth. For more cartoons from the issue: http://nyr.kr/10T5v01

    newyorker:

    A cartoon by Paul Noth. For more cartoons from the issue: http://nyr.kr/10T5v01

     

  2. 17 Mai


    Korea – Korea A Photo Project by Dieter Leistner
    Korea – Korea A Photo Project by Dieter Leistner
    Korea – Korea A Photo Project by Dieter Leistner
    Korea – Korea A Photo Project by Dieter Leistner

    nevver:

    Korea - Korea

     

  3. 16 Mai


    marianichi: Blue robin on a maple tree (1935).Ohara Koson.

    marianichi:

    Blue robin on a maple tree (1935).Ohara Koson.

    (via oldpainting)

     

  4. 13 Mai


    chromeography: 1954 Chrysler New Yorker Deluxe Coupe (by Jude Gardner)

    chromeography:

    1954 Chrysler New Yorker Deluxe Coupe (by Jude Gardner)

     

  5. 13 Mai


    wapiti3: Kioea (Chaetoptila angustipluma)-Aves Hawaiienses : the birds of the Sandwich Islands (1890) on Flickr. The Kioea (Chaetoptila angustipluma) was a Hawaiian bird that became extinct around 1859. The kioea was in decline even before the discovery of Hawaiʻi by Europeans. Even native Hawaiians are seemingly unfamiliar with this bird. The feathers of the kioea were not used in Hawaiian featherwork, nor is it mentioned in any chants or legends. Only four specimens exist in museums. The cause of its extinction is unknown. The kioea was a large bird, about 13 inches (33 cm) long, with a long, slightly curved bill. What distinguished the kioea from other honeyeaters was the broad black stripe on its face and bristle-like feathers on the head and breast. The Hawaiian word “kioea” literally means “stand tall”. Although all four known specimens are from the island of Hawaiʻi, fossil records show that related birds existed on other Hawaiian islands as well. Until recently, this species and the birds in the genus Moho were thought to belong to the family Meliphagidae (honeyeaters) because they looked and acted so similar to members of that family, including many morphological details. A 2008 study argued, on the basis of a phylogenetic analysis of DNA from museum specimens, that the genera Moho and Chaetoptila do not belong to the Meliphagidae but instead belong to a group that includes the waxwings and the Palmchat; they appear especially close to the silky-flycatchers. The authors proposed a family, Mohoidae, for these two extinct genera Author: Wilson, Scott B. (Scott Barchard); Evans, A. H. (Arthur Humble); Frohawk, Frederick William, 1861-1946; Gadow, Hans, 1855-1928; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929, former owner. DSI Subject: Birds Publisher: London : R.H. Porter Year: 1890 Digitizing sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library Book contributor: Smithsonian Libraries Collection: biodiversity

    wapiti3:

    Kioea (Chaetoptila angustipluma)-Aves Hawaiienses : the birds of the Sandwich Islands (1890) on Flickr.


    The Kioea (Chaetoptila angustipluma) was a Hawaiian bird that became extinct around 1859. The kioea was in decline even before the discovery of Hawaiʻi by Europeans. Even native Hawaiians are seemingly unfamiliar with this bird. The feathers of the kioea were not used in Hawaiian featherwork, nor is it mentioned in any chants or legends. Only four specimens exist in museums.

    The cause of its extinction is unknown.

    The kioea was a large bird, about 13 inches (33 cm) long, with a long, slightly curved bill. What distinguished the kioea from other honeyeaters was the broad black stripe on its face and bristle-like feathers on the head and breast. The Hawaiian word “kioea” literally means “stand tall”.

    Although all four known specimens are from the island of Hawaiʻi, fossil records show that related birds existed on other Hawaiian islands as well.

    Until recently, this species and the birds in the genus Moho were thought to belong to the family Meliphagidae (honeyeaters) because they looked and acted so similar to members of that family, including many morphological details. A 2008 study argued, on the basis of a phylogenetic analysis of DNA from museum specimens, that the genera Moho and Chaetoptila do not belong to the Meliphagidae but instead belong to a group that includes the waxwings and the Palmchat; they appear especially close to the silky-flycatchers. The authors proposed a family, Mohoidae, for these two extinct genera
    Author: Wilson, Scott B. (Scott Barchard); Evans, A. H. (Arthur Humble); Frohawk, Frederick William, 1861-1946; Gadow, Hans, 1855-1928; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929, former owner. DSI
    Subject: Birds
    Publisher: London : R.H. Porter
    Year: 1890

    Digitizing sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library
    Book contributor: Smithsonian Libraries
    Collection: biodiversity

    (via scientificillustration)

     

  6. 13 Mai


    infinity-imagined:

    colchrishadfield:

    With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here’s Space Oddity, recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World.

    Huge thanks in the making of the video to the talented trio of Emm Gryner, Joe Corcoran and Andrew Tidby, plus Evan Hadfield and all at the CSA.

    Commander Hadfield returns to Earth on Monday.  What an amazing journey he has shared with us!

     

  7. 13 Mai


    King vulture, frontispiece, volume 1, part 1.
    White-winged oriole, frontispiece, volume 1, part 2.
    Hawkesbury Duck, also known as maned duck, frontispiece, supplement II.
    Wading bird, frontispiece, volume 3, part 1.
    Black skimmer, frontispiece, volume 3, part 2.

    lindahall:

    Title pages from John Latham, A General Synopsis of Birds, 1781.

    More of John Latham’s birds

    (via scientificillustration)

     

  8. 13 Mai


    mucholderthen:

    At the online Library of the Japanese Diet:
    images of antique natural history illustrations

    NATURAL HISTORY IN JAPAN:  Tortoises
    Edo (江戸時代) a/k/a Tokugawa period (徳川時代) 1603 - 1868 

    source: Japanese National Diet Library’s images of natural history
    also:  by categories

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  9. 13 Mai


    nevver: And everything is going fine

    nevver:

    And everything is going fine

     

  10. 12 Mai


    twicr:

    “The electric things have their life too. Paltry as those lives are.”
    — Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    occultronic:

    Vintage Robots shared from FaceBook