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luzfosca:

Paul Herzoff

The End of the Continent, 1971

A moon filled night, the ocean, a VW bus, and of course that certain someone to share it with… PERFECT!

curvyswervydames:

She just needs to let go ::

Beauty from anytime is still beauty.

evocativesynthesis:

“Toraja House” by Charuhas Images

That is a very unusual structure.

obitoftheday:

Obit of the Day (Historical): Crew of the Shuttle Columbia (2003)

On February 1, 2003 upon return from its 16-day mission, the space shuttle Columbia (STS-107), the first shuttle ever launched into orbit, disintegrated as it entered the Earth’s atmosphere.

All seven members of the Columbia’s crew died in the explosion:

Rick Husband  - Mission commander, age 46, 2nd shuttle mission

William “Willie” McCool - Shuttle pilot, age 41, 1st shuttle mission

Michael P. Anderson - Payload Commander, age 43, 2nd shuttle mission

Kalpana Chalwa - Mission specialist and robotic arm operator, age 41, 2nd shuttle mission (first Indian American astronaut)

David M. Brown - Mission specialist, age 46, 1st shuttle mission

Laurel Clark - Mission specialist, age 41, 1st shuttle mission

Ilan Ramon - Payload specialist, age 49, 1st shuttle mission (first Israeli astronaut and only non-American to be awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor)

After a four-month search for debris across the entire state of Texas (only 38% of the shuttle was recovered) and a simultaneous investigation (led in part by former astronaut Sally Ride) it was determined that the shuttle exploded when part of the heat shield had been torn off the shuttle during launch. The extreme heat from re-entry breached the shuttle’s hull and caused the explosion.

Sources: NASA.gov and Wikipedia

Top image, crew of STS-107, courtesy of NASA via Boston.com:

Top row (l-r): D. Brown, W. McCool, M. Anderson

Bottom row (l-r): K. Chalwa, R. Husband, L. Clark, I. Ramon

Bottom image, mission patch for STS-107, courtesy of NASA

Also on Obit of the Day:

The crew of the shuttle Challenger

The obituary of Roger Boisjoly who tried to prevent the Challenger disaster

The crew of Apollo I

The retirement of the space shuttle program

Sad day for aeronautics.

First official photo of Amy Adams as Lois Lane in Man of Steel

I like her in anything. If she ate potato chips on screen I would watch her.

(via fyeahsupermanandloislane)

comicblah:

History of the DC Universe by Alex Ross

Batman and Superman were always favorites of mine.

life:

Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck died Wednesday morning of heart failure. He was 91 years old. Pictured here, Brubeck was photographed by LIFE’s Eliot Elisofon for a story on Jazz. (the story, of which, was told through multiple exposure photos like this one)

See more jazz photos here.

That man was cool when cool was invented. Wrote excellent movie music. He wrote and played music my ear needed to hear.

chicagohistorymuseum:

Al Capone, 1931, Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by Chicago Daily News, Inc.

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Capone, grand in his Machiavellian zeal for power. A complete dunce in not dealing with his syphilis and back taxes.