Tetrapylon gate in the ancient ruined city of Aphrodisias, Turkey (by colinmillerphoto).
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George Stubbs, The Anatomy of the Horse, 1766
Council of the gods. 1517-18. Raphael. Italian. 1483-1520. fresco. Villa Farnesina. Rome.
Peleus and Thetis. 2009. Leonard Porter Studio. ink and watercolor on paper.
Blood Falls, a Natural Time Capsule Containing a Unique Ecosystem
This five-story, blood-red “waterfall” pours ever so slowly out of the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valley. Geologists first discovered the frozen waterfall in 1911, and believed the red color came from algae. Its true nature turned out to be more spectacular.
Roughly two million years ago, a small body of water containing an ancient community of microbes was sealed beneath the surface of the Taylor Glacier. Trapped below a thick layer of ice, the microbes have remained isolated inside a natural time capsule, in a place with no light, oxygen, or heat.The trapped lake has very high salinity and is rich in iron, which gives the seepage its red color. A fissure in the glacier allows the microbial subglacial lake to flow out, forming the falls without contaminating the ecosystem within.
More photos of Blood Falls can be seen on Atlas Obscura
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James Hamilton - The Last Days of Pompeii
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View of a Roman house. 1792. Charles Percier. French.1764-1838. pen and watercolor on paper.
Archaeological News: Lost City May Lurk in Honduras Rain Forest ›
New images of a possible lost city hidden by Honduran rain forests show what might be the building foundations and mounds of Ciudad Blanca, a never-confirmed legendary metropolis.
Archaeologists and filmmakers Steven Elkins and Bill Benenson announced last year that they had discovered…
La plus vieille horloge publique de Paris / The oldest public clock in Paris.
Cette horloge qui date du 14ème siècle a été ajoutée à l’une des tours de la Conciergerie (désormais “Tour de l’Horloge”) plusieurs années après sa construction. Les deux statues représentent la Loi et la Justice. L’écriture latine du dessus fait référence au roi Henri III qui était à la fois roi de France et roi de Pologne.
This 14th century clock was added to one of the Towers of the Conciergerie (now known as the “Clock Tower”) several years after it was built. The two statues represent the concepts of Law and Justice. The Latin writing above the clock is a reference to King Henri III who was both King of France and Poland.
-> 2, boulevard du Palais, 75001.
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