The History of Eclipse Photography Here lie the bodies of Ho and HiWhose fate though sad was visible,Being hanged because they could not spyTh’eclipse which was invisible. Heigh ho! ’tis said, that being drunkThus brought them into trouble,But surely this is incorrect,As drunken folks see double! —Book of Documents Since the dawn of the Solar System, […]
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Moonglade Kuun silta kromikeltainen käy ylle kylmäin vesienja jäisten kaislarantain.Sen sillan ääriä ei näy.Yön tyhjyyteen sen holvi käy mun uniani kantain. –Aaro Hellaakoski, “Erojaiset” Moonglade is a nearly perfect poetic word. It rolls off the tongue melodically and marries two vivid images, conjuring a magical amalgamation. The English word “glade” today refers to “an open passage
The Gorgonizing Lake “They thought I was absolutely insane—some crazy white guy, coming along offering money for people to basically go on a treasure hunt around the lake for dead birds.” –Nick Brandt In Greek mythology, the primeval sea-god Phorcys and the sea-monster Ceto had six daughters, three of whom were named Euryale, Stheno, and
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The First Untethered Spacewalk On 20 February 1984, astronaut Hoot Gibson peered out of Challenger at something rare and sensational. He grabbed a camera, took a light meter reading three times, checked the focus four times, and snapped one of the starkest, most indelible images in the history of photography.Bruce McCandless II floated 300 feet away, blanketed
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