🦠 Atlas and essentials of bacteriology New York: William Wood & Co., 1897 Original source Image description: Historical illustration from the 1897 “Atlas and Essentials of Bacteriology” showing seven labeled diagrams of bacteria and bacterial structures. The images include different bacterial shapes, textures, and colony formations, depicted in grayscale and sepia tones. Some diagrams show close-up details of bacterial clusters, others show patterns of bacterial movement or growth, and one depicts a cross-section of a bacterial form. The page is titled “Tab. 39” and presents scientific visualizations aimed at identifying and studying bacteria morphology and behavior.

Comet McNaught (left) and Saturn (right) moving in the sky across four nights in June 2026 // Dan Bartlett

Image Credit: NASA/Chris Williams

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Image source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/252123374

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"Above is a computer simulation depicting the evolution of our entire Universe. On the far left is a slice of the Universe soon after the Big Bang - over 10 billion years ago. As time progresses toward the right, the initially smooth Universe can be seen becoming more and more clumpy. The vertex near the far right marks the present day. The largest slice of the Universe actually surveyed is simulated to the vertex's right. This artificial Universe, called a Hubble Volume, was designed to mimic what humanity might see were we to have powerful enough telescopes. By comparing different computer simulations to reality, we might be able to better tell what kind of Universe we live in."

Triangular Plaque. 7th century (?). Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/465482

Russia, Bezymiannyi volcano - webcam 

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