Russia in colour, a century ago

Detailed photographs of Russia taken 100 years ago.
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Mars

Tibet / Himalaya

Nequest

Found via Nequest's excellent Flickr photostream.

Poole Shooter Cindi - I Actually Made a Decent Light Ball (2009)

Found on Flickr.

74hc595 - IMG_3054 (2009)

Found on Flickr.

Rosemarie Fiore - Tempest 1 (2001)

Long exposure photograph of the video game Tempest by Rosmarie Fiore.

Sarychev eruption seen from International Space Station (2009)

A fortuitous orbit of the International Space Station allowed the astronauts this striking view of Sarychev volcano (Russia’s Kuril Islands, northeast of Japan) in an early stage of eruption on June 12, 2009. Sarychev Peak is one of the most active volcanoes in the Kuril Island chain and is located on the northwestern end of Matua Island.

Prior to June 12, the last explosive eruption had occurred in 1989 with eruptions in 1986, 1976, 1954 and 1946 also producing lava flows. Commercial airline flights were diverted from the region to minimize the danger of engine failures from ash intake. This detailed photograph is exciting to volcanologists because it captures several phenomena that occur during the earliest stages of an explosive volcanic eruption.

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Andrei Tarkovsky - polaroids

to see more get the book "instant light" which documents 60 of the polaroids taken by Tarkovsky in Russia and Italy between 1979 and 1984.

Charles and Ray Eames - SX70 (1972)

Buzludzha Monument, Bulgaria (1961)

The abandoned Buzludzha Monument, Buzludzha National Park, Central Stara Planina, Bulgaria.
coordinates :
42°44'07.85"N 25°23'39.20"E
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Stanley Kubrick's Chicago

Before he started making movies, Stanley Kubrick was a star photojournalist. In the summer of 1949, Look magazine sent him to Chicago to shoot pictures for a story called "Chicago City of Contrasts."
You can see a selection of photographs here.
You can also listen to a 1966 interview with Stanley here.