Category: Photos & Art

was born on this date in 1841.

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was born on this date in 1902.

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was born on this date in 1837. The National Gallery of Art has an outstanding online exhibit on Moran.

Click to see a replica of his classic painting Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.

an artist whose works include both the Realist and Impressionist traditions of 19th-century France, was born on this date in 1832.

Click to view Manet’s painting On the Beach (1873).

David Pogue praises the Picasa is free from Goggle.

A collection of stunning Aurora photos from the Anchorage Daily News.

Thanks to Ralph for the link.

that Garrett takes great photos. How about his snow-crusted rose remnants?

From the Andrew Smith Gallery, Annie Leibovitz photographs concerning American music and musicians.

Worth a scroll.

Link via the ever valuable dangerousmeta!, whose own photos are worth a scroll, too.

Michael Paulus seems to like drawing skeletons — of cartoon characters. Each drawing can be enlarged.

Note that this site is very popular on the internets at the moment. It may crash again today.

No one has ever asked but I’ll tell you anyway. The photos in the masthead were all taken by NewMexiKen. Seven of the eight are from National Parks; the sunset is from my front courtyard (taken in November 2002).

From left to right — Great Sand Dunes, New Mexico sunset, Grand Canyon, Saguaro, Yellowstone, Arches, Crater Lake and Bryce.

Cool time-lapse photo of last week’s lunar eclipse.

Tough landing for Genesis.

Nice photos of the White House staff, which shall remain nameless.

Link and idea via Wonkette.

Terry at Coyote’s Bark gets about the best sunset photos around. Click, you won’t be disappointed.

A page of beautiful, fascinating aerial photographs.

Link via Jason Kottke.

Outstanding photos from Colorado and Utah.

Link via bohnsack.com.

Photo of four sisters taken each year for 25 years. More interesting than it might sound. Take a look.

Yet another Astronomy Picture of the Day worthy of a click.

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Swirling Swirling Swirling. Watch out, it can make you dizzy.

Thanks to Kottke for the link.

The photoblog [daily dose of imagery] has an interesting photo with a magnifier (requires Flash). Take a look at the other photos, too.