Category: HISTORY
The Sedlec Ossuary: Bone Church of 40,000 Souls
The Sedlec Ossuary is a small Roman Catholic chapel, located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic. The ossuary is estimated to contain the skeletons of about 40,000 people, whose bones were artistically arranged from 1870 onwards by a Czech woodcarver by the…
Picture of the Day: The Deepwater Horizon Explosion
THE DEEPWATER HORIZON EXPLOSION Photograph by Unnamed Worker on Nearby Boat Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore oil drilling rig owned by Transocean. Built in 2001 in South Korea by Hyundai Heavy Industries, the rig was leased to BP from 2001 until September 2013. In September 2009, the…
15 of the Most Controversial Magazine Covers in History
Controversy sells. In the never-ending battle where an eye-catching cover can make all the difference in pulling in potential readers, these covers push(ed) the boundaries. While each cover is controversial for different reasons (subject matter, manipulation, raciness, etc) they all succeed in stirring interest, debate and publicity; for better or worse, that’s for the…
Picture of the Day: The Power of One Small Step
THE POWER OF ONE SMALL STEP Photograph by NASA In the photograph above we see astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 Commander, inside the Lunar Module as it rests on the lunar surface after completion of his historic moonwalk. The following is an excerpt from NASA’s obituary on Neil Armstrong: Neil…
The Day Niagara Falls Went Dry
In 1965 a local newspaper editorial was published discussing the destruction of the American Falls (one of three waterfalls that together make up the Niagara Falls). It was believed that the destruction was being caused by previous rock debris that had gone over the falls and that the continued erosion would eventually lead…
Pictures from the 80s of Malls Across America
In 1989, following in the footsteps of Robert Frank’s The Americans, Michael Galinksy of Rumur.com drove across the country and documented malls across America. Armed with a cheap Nikon FG-20 and an even cheaper lens. Galinsky shot about 30 rolls of slide film in malls from Long Island to North Dakota to Seattle. The…
Picture of the Day: Evolution of the New York Skyline
EVOLUTION OF THE NEW YORK SKYLINE Photograph via Lee @ tier1dc.blogspot.com In this fascinating composite image we see the evolution of New York City’s skyline from 1879 to 2013 (when One World Trade Center will be complete). New York city is often hailed as having one of the greatest skylines in…
