http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/12/01/arts/20081201_BROKEN_SLIDESHOW_index.html

"Ray Mortenson’s rarely exhibited black-and-white photographs of the South Bronx, made between 1982 and 1984, are featured in a new exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York called “Broken Glass.”"

Jeebus some of those are depressing. The one of the wingback chair with the arabic screed on the wall just hit me in the gut.

Evocative, sure, but depressing? I find the traces of previous inhabitants & the return to nature aspect too compelling to be depressing.

It's all whatcha read into it, isn't it?

more cool photos from inside the Real Doll factory (many NSFW)

[img]http://caneparidoesitbetter.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/realdolls01.jpg?w=700&h=700[/img]

[img]http://caneparidoesitbetter.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/realdolls26.jpg?w=700&h=700[/img]

[img]http://caneparidoesitbetter.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/realdolls22.jpg?w=700&h=700[/img]

those are awesome... but a few are just nightmarish.

If only J.G. Ballard were alive I'm sure he'd appreciate the shots.

“I moonlight as a singer,” joked Bryan Adams Bryan Adams Photography

A few of his shots from a Die Antwoord shoot for Zoo, lots of other photos on his site. LOTS.

More cool photos, this time of Vietnam by David Tarrazas.

Oh yeah and why the fuck aren't we talking about Terry more?

A collection of found photos that have written descriptions in them. Well worth a visit.

e.g.

Originally posted by: arigato More cool photos, this time of Vietnam by David Tarrazas.

Awwwsemoe! I dig some big luscious landscape.

from MeFi: > The Kermode bear or Spirit bear is a an all white subspecies of the American Black Bear. Their white fur is the the result of a recessive allele and is believed to give them an advantage in daylight fishing for salmon, but places them at a significant disadvantage in areas inhabited by Grizzly bears or wolves, who prey on them.

One of their last strongholds is the Great Bear Rainforest. Recent plans for an oil pipeline between Alberta and the coast of British Columbia may threaten that habitat.

In response, environmental group Pacific Wild has partnered with the International League of Conservation Photographers to carry out a Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition (RAVE).

Here's the first 3 pics from the (awesome) set of 118:

Cleveland, the beautiful

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23506877@N07/5268888292/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/23506877@N07/5268888696/in/photostream/

Chernobyl 25 years later

I know, Chernobyl, right? We've all seen tons of Pripyat & Chernobyl pics, so whatever. These are different & worth looking at.

Originally posted by: arigato Chernobyl 25 years later

Did you see the ones from a chicka going through Chernobyl on a motorcycle? Those were pretty cool too.

Indeedy, those were a blast.http://www.kiddofspeed.com/

This is a relatively new addition to the site, a visit to Belarus. Chernobyl is in the Ukraine but prevalent wind direction made radiation damage to Belarus much worse.http://www.kiddofspeed.com/chernobyl-land-of-the-wolves/

Chernobyl must be every spelunkers wet dream.

Anyhow, great pics. I especially like this one:

3 words: X-ray pinup calendar.

http://www.thecoolist.com/eizo-x-ray-pin-up-calendar/

Shinmoedake volcano erupts in Japan: http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/31/shinmoedake-erupts-l.html

Wheee!

More here:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12323487http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/slideshow?articleId=USRTXX682#a=1

video here - gets awesome around 3:16http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftIYZsBiv5Q

Originally posted by: arigato Shinmoedake volcano erupts in Japan:

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/31/shinmoedake-erupts-l.html

Wheee!

Wonder what creates the lightening (effect?)

Nobody's really sure exactly how it happens, but it's got to do with particle charges in the ash cloud.http://geology.com/articles/volcanic-lightning/

lots of good stuff... thanks for all the links, Ari

A Rare Look at Antarctica, 1911-1914 By Maria Popova In the summer of 1911, a group of Australian scientists, adventurers and explorers set out to make history by undertaking the first Australian expedition to Antarctica, a three-year journey into the frozen unknown. Under the leadership of Dr. Douglas Mawson, they set sail for Macquarie Island and the virgin parts of Antarctica. Today, we look at what they encountered and recorded on the way not merely as a rare and fascinating glimpse of long-gone world frozen in time, but also as the source of important information that made a major contribution to how contemporary science understands the region and laid the groundwork for claims that in 1936 were formalized as the Australian Antarctic Territory.

Antarctica, 1911

Even more (and larger) here

Blizzard at Fort Denison

Wreck of the Gratitude

random examples from Luminous-Lint

once again, I apologise for my ignorance if this is a re-post of something I haven't seen