- Air & Space has the story of the first images from space (starting in 1946), taken from captured German V-2 rockets. Here’s a large panoramic shot from 1948. [Via]
- Having moved on just a bit since then, NASA & the USGS have created a series called Earth as Art (this shot featuring the Anti-Atlast Mountains; think we could get Google Earth to provide sponsorship & have them renamed the Anti-Alias Mountains?).
- Before The Deluge provides vintage renderings (c.1872) of Earth’s past. (And what is this guy chewing on? Hopefully it’s not an arm turned into crocodile snack, then reattached. [Via])
- The NYT features a slideshow of amazing underwater creatures ("Dumbo octopi," seadevils, and more)–many who live just down the road from here in the Monterey Bay. (And is it me, or did a seadevil used to be in Motörhead?
- CNET has posted a gallery of hot solar action. NASA provides info on how to use Photoshop to make the images 3D.
- And finally, for a look of sheer joy, can you beat Stephen Hawking going for a spin?
