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Posted 27 days ago
Tabula Peutingeriana, top to bottom: Dalmatian coast, Adriatic Sea, southern Italy, Sicily, African Mediterranean coast Tabula Peutingeriana (Latin for 'The Peutinger Map') is an illustrated itinerarium (ancient Roman road map) showing the layout of the cursus publicus, the road network of the Roman Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabula_Peutingeriana
Posted Jun 17
Newspaper Rock is a Utah state monument featuring a rock panel carved with one of the largest known collections of petroglyphs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_Rock_State_Historic_Monument
Posted Jun 10
Prokudin-Gorsky's picture of windmills in Western Siberia (1912) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Siberia
Posted Jun 4
Turtleback tombs are a particular type of tombs originating from the Song Dynasty. They are commonly found in some coastal provinces of southern China, the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, and in Vietnam. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtleback_tomb
Posted May 31
Artist impression of the Early Earth's planetary surface Early Earth, also known as Proto-Earth, is loosely defined as Earth in the first one billion years (gigayear) of its geological history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Earth
Posted May 28
Nahua men in Zacatlán The Sierra Norte de Puebla is a rugged mountainous region accounting for the northern third of the state of Puebla, Mexico. It is a predominantly rural region with a high percentage of indigenous population. Those in the region identify themselves as from the mountains (serranos) before identifying with the state of Puebla. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Norte_de_Puebla
Posted May 23
An example of a Ikigai diagram Ikigai (生き甲斐, lit. 'a reason for being') is a Japanese concept of an individual's definition of the meaning of their life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikigai
Posted May 16
Feelings of loneliness and insignificance in the face of nature are common in existential crises Existential crises are inner conflicts characterized by the impression that life lacks meaning and by confusion about one's personal identity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_crisis
Posted May 13
A selection of sea anemones, painted by Giacomo Merculiano, 1893 Sea anemones are a group of predatory marine invertebrate animals. Because of their colourful appearance, they are named after the Anemone, a terrestrial flowering plant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_anemone
Posted May 6
A Claude glass (or black mirror) is a small mirror, slightly convex in shape, with its surface tinted a dark colour. Bound up like a pocket-book or in a carrying case, Claude glasses were used by artists, travelers and connoisseurs of landscape and landscape painting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_glass
Posted Apr 28
The flag of Lethbridge is the official flag of Lethbridge, Alberta, and was designed in 1967, the year of Canada's centennial. It is based on the flag that was once flown at Fort Whoop-Up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Lethbridge
Posted Apr 23
Thermograph of various body parts of a cat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_anatomy