Instructions:
1. Stare at the red dot on the girl’s nose for 30 seconds.
2. Turn your eyes to a plain surface (your ceiling or blank wall).
3. Blink repeatedly and quickly.
4. WTF! one+infinity
The Tissue Series are a collection of anatomical cross sections using quilled paper, created by Lisa Nilsson
Today’s theme is turning into paper-based science art, it looks like. First it’s computational origami, now it’s anatomy lessons via quilled paper.
I’m ok with that.
More at Lisa Nilsson’s website.
Via It's Okay To Be Smart
Lunar Corona
The light from the nearly full moon interacts with the cloud droplets and high ice crystals in the desert sky to create the colorful scene of a lunar corona. This atmospheric phenomena have an intensely bright central aureole which is almost white and fringed with yellows and reds
Pinhole Solargraph Herfordshire 2011 - Days in the Sun
We’ve visited pinhole camera solargraphs before, but this one is even better. Taken over a period of six months at Bayfordbury Observatory, this constant exposure required nothing more than a soft drink can, some photo paper and a lot of patience.
You can see gaps caused by cloudy weather, and streaks in periods of complete sun. The Sun trails lower as the year goes on from June to December.
Want to try it yourself? Here’s some instructions.
(via APOD, image by Regina Valkenborgh)
365 painted petri dishes, The Daily Dish
Revisiting this beautiful art project. Did you see this morning’s stunning bacterial designs?







