Picturing Earth from Space
Before the Space Age, people could only imagine what Earth looked like. Artists tried their best, and in time, new technologies started to piece together a more accurate picture. High-altitude rockets, satellites, and human space missions gave us increasingly dramatic views.
In 1950, Scientific American had to rely on artist Chesley Bonestell’s conception of Earth as seen from space, not on an actual photograph.
On Easter Monday, my wife suggested that we go to the Spain and the Hispanic World exhibition at the Royal Academy. There […]
Erik shared this battle map from Dubrivnik.
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