Photo

From a series of found photos via Square America.

Stasi Smell Jars

Via the Athanasius Kircher Society.

Afghanistan Photos

The Boston Globe and Boston.com posted these excellent photos taken in Afghanistan.

Mars Sunset

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this photo of the sun setting over the landscape of Mars.

For Girls

From the website of The Girl Effect, a way to change the world:

History

Out of Many, One.


(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Chinese Dust Bowl

Large swaths of once fertile areas of China are turning into desert. Canadian magazine Walrus has an article about it with some eerie photos. A PDF of the article is here.

David Byrne And Cycling

I like to keep periodic updates here about David Byrne's cycling adventures in New York City. Here's a recent development.

John McCain

Photo from an interview in 1973. Via Shorpy.

Photo

Some of my favorite links in recent months connect to sites where people post found photographs depicting all kinds of surreal captured moments. The one above is courtesy of big happy funhouse - a classic.

Helicopter Of Wood

This is the kind of stuff they used to sell from the back of comic books (the only thing I ever ordered was a dog whistle that never arrived in the mail). This helicopter looks a bit treacherous to me. Via Modern Mechanix.

Photo

From photographer Christine Gatti's "the american way".

Japan Train Squeeze

Here's a great video that is a nice counter post to my May 21 post. After those sweeping wide open images of Japanese highway interchanges, take a look at this. It's like something out of the iconic overpopulation movie "Soylent Green".

Japan Highway Interchanges

Japanese interchange photos at flickr.

A New Country

It floats on the water.

Short Film

a very small guardrail
running time: 6 minutes

Quote

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." - Albert Einstein

Businessmen's Hair

From photographer Louis Porter's "Anatomy Of A Business Man". Hairstyles from 1980's corporate head shots. Link at i heart photograph.

Aliens And The Vatican

Aliens are okay in God's eyes.

Tornado

See its force in North Carolina.