{"id":12590,"date":"2007-12-16T16:46:05","date_gmt":"2007-12-16T16:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnackdev\/2007\/12\/antarctica-in-hd-bug-photos-more.html"},"modified":"2007-12-16T16:46:05","modified_gmt":"2007-12-16T16:46:05","slug":"antarctica_in_hd_bug_photos_more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/16\/antarctica_in_hd_bug_photos_more\/","title":{"rendered":"Antarctica in HD, bug photos, &#038; more"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Antarctica in HD: NASA&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/lima.usgs.gov\/\">LIMA, the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica<\/a>, was pieced together from from more than 1,000 Landsat image captures.&#160; CNET hosts an interesting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com\/Photos-Antarctica-in-HD\/2300-13838_3-6220856.html?part=dht\">gallery<\/a> that show the progression of satellite images covering the frozen continent.&#160; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com\/2300-13838_3-6220856-10.html?tag=ne.gall.pg\">This shot of glacial flow<\/a> is particularly, er, cool.<\/li>\n<li>Astrophotographer Scott Ireland is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/cfusion\/showcase\/index.cfm?event=casestudydetail&amp;casestudyid=345509&amp;loc=en_us\">profiled on Adobe.com<\/a>, talking about how Photoshop CS3 aids in his documentaries of everything from galaxies to volcanoes.&#160; Many more samples of his work appear <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsiphotos.com\/gallery_filter.php?CategoryID=10\">on his site<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>On a similar note, amateur astrophotographer Ian Megson <a href=\"http:\/\/www.halifaxcourier.co.uk\/news\/A-view-of-the-galaxy.3586656.jp\">uses Photoshop in his work.<\/a>&#160; Check out a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.halifaxcourier.co.uk\/EditorialGallery.aspx?ArticleID=3586656&amp;SectionID=700\">capture.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Diane Varner has taken a great portrait of a <a href=\"http:\/\/dianevarner.com\/index.php?showimage=444\">little mantis (?) dude<\/a>.&#160; (Dig her <a href=\"http:\/\/dianevarner.com\/index.php?showimage=442\">bees<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/dianevarner.com\/index.php?showimage=415\">ladybug<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/dianevarner.com\/index.php?showimage=409\">locust<\/a>, too.) <\/li>\n<li>Speaking of insects, check out these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.streettech.com\/modules.php?op=modload&amp;name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=1965\">paintings done by bugs<\/a>.&#160; (Does PETA have jurisdiction here?)&#160; [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2007\/12\/05\/lovely-art-painted-b.html\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>Via Scott Kelby I just found <a href=\"http:\/\/forensicphotoshop.blogspot.com\/\">Forensic Photoshop<\/a>,   the blog of Jim Hoerricks&#8211;Senior Forensic Video Analyst for the LAPD &amp; Photoshop instructor.&#160; I haven&#8217;t had time to peruse much yet, but topics like <a href=\"http:\/\/forensicphotoshop.blogspot.com\/2007\/12\/more-measuring-within-images.html\">measuring images using PSCS3 Extended<\/a> look interesting.<\/li>\n<li>According to National Geographic, paleontologists recently discovered a <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2007\/12\/071203-dino-mummy.html\">mummified dinosaur<\/a>.&#160; They&#8217;re using digital imaging to scan the results, producing images like <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2007\/12\/photogalleries\/dinosaur-pictures\/photo5.html\">this CT scan<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2007\/12\/03\/dinosaur-mummy-disco.html\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Filed under <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnack\/scientific_technical_imaging\/\">Scientific &amp; Technical Imaging<\/a>] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antarctica in HD: NASA&#8217;s LIMA, the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica, was pieced together from from more than 1,000 Landsat image captures.&#160; CNET hosts an interesting gallery that show the progression of satellite images covering the frozen continent.&#160; This shot of glacial flow is particularly, er, cool. 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