The Boston Globe website has a stunning group of photographs in it’s The Big Picture blog written by Alan Taylor.
Boston Globe – The Big Picture – Alan Taylor
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The Eye of the Sun is Upon Us – Sunspot Photo with Superb Detail from the Big Bear Solar Observatory
The most detailed and amazing photograph of a sunspot has just been
Worlds Collide in Stunning Composite Photo
Colliding Antennae galaxies make for a remarkable image in a composite photograph combining images from
Nasa Solar Dynamics Observatory – Stunning Photos and Videos Posted
The Nasa Solar Dynamics Observatory just posted amazing videos and other images on the SDO site. The is an interactive area
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The National Archives Archival Photographs and Documents on Flickr
The National Archives has joined Flickr to share images of National Archives archival photographs and documents in a new way with National Archives researchers, potential researchers, and the public. You, we, the public, are invited to contribute our own
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Improper Photography or What the Texas Troopers Thought Police Think You’re Doing with That Camera Hanging Around Your Neck
Improper Photography. What a chillingly lovely and delicate phrase, “Improper Photography“.
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I had run across a headline on one the many online news feeds that I read, “Webster Man Arrested for Improper Photography”.
My first though was, ‘oh, my students do that all the time!’ But no. It is a legal term and it is a state jail felony in Texas.