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A while ago I wrote about the history of the Blue Marble, NASA’s famous images of our fair planet. Well, NASA has some competition. [...]
May 13, 2012
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In 1972, from a distance of about 28,000 miles, the crew of Apollo 17 took one of the most famous photographs ever taken of the Earth. This image [...]
February 3, 2012
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Two designers, Jang Jin-hee and Lee Min-Jeong, have come up with a cracking design for a reusable coffee mug/thermos from Starbucks. It has a [...]
October 10, 2011
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I love maps. Sad I know. I also love the look on people’s faces when I tell them that the world does not look like it does on a map. You [...]
September 15, 2011
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A few days ago I came across the rather astounding photograph below. The photo, taken by a NASA crewmember on the International Space Station, [...]
September 10, 2011
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Kevin Ward, a technical manager and information architect at the NASA Earth Observatory, sent me a link to their collection of natural hazard [...]
September 14, 2010
