This is Our Planet

This is Our Planet from Tomislav Safundžić on Vimeo.

"This Is Our Planet," by Croatian 18-year-old Tomislav Safundžić, was created from imagery captured by NASA at the International Space Station. Wow.
LINK, Via: petapixel, Via: Vimeo

Fiona Krüger: Memento Mori

Fiona Krüger, a recent graduate of ECAL/university of arts and design lausanne from the master in luxury industry and design has created 'Memento Mori' for her thesis project. the timepiece reinterprets the theme of mortality in watch-making. The luxury watch appreciates both the mexican imagery of dia de los muertos and the 17th century watch of mary queen of scotts with a human skull detailed with decorative, gold metalwork. The skeletal form of the the faceplate is formed by layering, by which the intricate nature of a mechanical watch is reinforced. The case is fashioned from solid silver and mineral hand cut glass and is engraved by hand as well. The dial is made from gold and rhodium plated brass which has been laser cut and engraved. Blued steel hands of the clock move by a ETA 2824 mechanism over the skull watch face. 'Momento Mori' is fastened to one's wrist by a blued calf leather band with a silver buckle. LINK

First Video from Expedition Titanic

Some absolutely amazing video of the bow taken by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's Advanced Imaging and Visualization Laboratory team with cameras mounted on Phoenix's expertly piloted ROV. LINK: Youtube

Satellite Imagery as Art

Satellites take pictures of the earth for mapping, weather, science, and security. Art is a low priority when you’ve spend this much money to launch the camera! But the earth is a beautiful place, and the pictures sometimes are works of art. See Environmental Graffiti’s 30 Most Incredible Abstract Satellite Images of Earth.

The images you see below were taken at the turn of the Millennium, when NASA’s scientists had a brilliant idea: to scan through 400,000 images taken by the Landsat 7 satellite and display only the most the most beautiful. A handful of the best were painstakingly chosen and then displayed at the Library of Congress in 2000.

Pictured are underwater sand dunes in the Bahamas. Link, Via: Neatorama

"Sand Circles"

Andres Amador makes large, crop circle-like “paintings” in the sand on the beach at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, and at Burning Man.

Here is a gallery which plays a slide show that has controls for speed and image size.

And here is a (sadly all too small) QuickTime movie time-lapse of a sand circle being made.

Some spectacular imagery - and no crops were trampled on in the making…