opalescence

“broken vows” or “the irises”, from andrea zanatelli’s embroidery series

The first simulated image of a black hole was calculated with an IBM 7040 computer using 1960 punch cards and hand-plotted by French astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Luminet in 1978.

the romance of hand-plotting. this guy looked at the numbers and drew each of those dots manually, and the image emerged. we can only imagine how he felt

Moby Dick, by Gérard DuBois

Yin 0909 aka 炭烤南瓜 (No Info) - 灌溉 (Irrigation), Painting

by Chema Mendez (Mendez Mendez)

Saul and the Witch of Endor (detail) by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, 1526

Kate Bush | The Kick Inside- Japanese 1978 Edition

Watching it burn, Konstantin Korobov

Do you ever feel like a wattle-necked softshell turtle (Palea steindachneri)? You are not alone. Found in parts of Southeastern China and Vietnam, this rare reptile’s carapace, or shell, can grow up to 17 in (43.2 cm) long. It inhabits freshwater pools and feeds on fish, insects, and small invertebrates. Unfortunately, this species is critically endangered and is threatened due in part to habitat degradation and being hunted for the food trade.

Photo: randall_f, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

Ghost bugs

2008

The Hearing Forest and the Seeing Field, 1500, Hieronymus Bosch

Medium: pen,wood

The ants. They are in luv

Death of the Veiled King, (c.1893) Mixed media on wood panel — Charlotte Major Wyllie (British, 1828-1909)