Art blog

Art blog

[dmt]

[the-wolf-and-moon]

Details of a Solar Eclipse Corona

[the-ocean-dreamer]

[bizarreauhavre]

John Simmons - There lies Titania, 1872 

[bizarreauhavre]

Oberon and the mermaid by Doug Harvey

[paintingispoetry]

Federico Andreotti, The Serenade, ca. 1870-1930

[truground]

This Day in Environmental History - On February 25, 1991, the retreating Iraqi army set fire to more than 500 Kuwaiti oil wells and refineries. It was estimated that over 1 billion barrels of oil were consumed by the fires with staggering environmental impacts. It was these Kuwaiti oil wells and refineries that were at the heart of the cause of the Iraqi/Kuwaiti War, initiated by a major dispute between the two countries regarding Kuwait’s slant (or side)-drilling into the Rumali Oil Field which lies 20 miles within Iraq. The Rumali Oil Field is the 3rd largest oil field in the world and accounts for the majority of Iraq’s oil reserves.

[mxdvs]

Xandt Sebastian II Sculpture for The Griswolds’ album cover. 2016

Made by Hedi Xandt

[brownmegacorporation-deactivate]

36 sided polygon made with corel draw

The intersecting lines give the illusion of concentric circles in the center, but that is an illusion.

The original file is 36 x 36 inches, so that meant I had to re-size it for posting on the internet, but I’m thinking of getting a poster printed.

Also, no, I did not connect all of these dots by hand. I did connect one point to 35 other points, and then copy/paste/rotated until it went all the way around.

Thanks for stopping by.

NOTE: Also thank you for all the likes and re-blogs. Wow.

[brownmegamuseum]

I did get a poster printed a while ago, but you will have to see it in person at the Brown Mega Museum in Baltimore, MD, USA.

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

Orestes Pursued by the Furies ~ by John Singer Sargent…

[archiemcphee]

The Department of Awesome Natural Wonders can’t come to the phone right now, their jaws are all on the floor thanks to this spectacular photo by American professional photographer Mike Mezeul II in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island of Hawai’i. In one single long-exposure shot Mezeul managed to capture the Milky Way, the Moon, a meteor, and river of molten lava flowing from an erupting volcano.

Getting this phenomenal photo was no easy feat because it required a 13 mile hike to reach the volcano and then only a few seconds to shoot because there was such a great risk of injury so close to the lava.

“I was literally in shock,” he told The Huffington Post. “It was my third frame to shoot after the sun had set, and after I saw the meteor, I knew I couldn’t beat that image, so I packed it up and headed back.”

Visit Mike Mezeul II’s website or follow him on Instagram to check out more of his amazing adventure photography.

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[darksilenceinsuburbia]

FFO Art

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art

[uromancy]

Roberto Ferri. Ishtar. 2014.

[bunlly]

Drawing by Ellie Steinig

[scientificphilosopher]

via: A Pseudoscience Enthusiast

[sixpenceee]

Nacreous clouds, sometimes called mother-of-pearl clouds, are rare and unbelievably bright with vivid and slowly shifting iridescent colours. They are mostly visible within two hours after sunset or before dawn. 

They are seen mostly during winter at high latitudes like Scandinavia, Iceland, Alaska and Northern Canada. Sometimes, however, they occur as far south as England. They can be less rare downwind of mountain ranges. Elsewhere their appearance is often associated with severe tropospheric winds and storms. 

Nacreous clouds far outshine and have much more vivid colours than ordinary iridescent clouds which are very much poor relations and seen frequently all over the world. (Source)