chordae tendineae

🐄 Reichenbachia: . St. Albans [England]: N.Y. [i.e. New York]: F. Sander ;R.B. Young, 1892-1894.. Original source Image description: Historical botanical illustration showing three large pale pink Cattleya labiata var. Luedemanniana orchid flowers with ruffled petals and deep red-lipped centers, attached to thick green stems and broad, pointed leaves above exposed roots, set against a muted gray background. The image is titled “Reichenbachia” and labeled “Tab 34” from an 1892-1894 publication. The detailed rendering highlights the orchid’s intricate floral structure and coloration.

Full body view of a geometric moray (Gymnothorax griseus) shot during a night dive in Ras Muhammad National Park, Red Sea, Egypt.

TRON Finecam FL160 (2013)

photo via jim

2013-08-21

Daryal pass (1890) by Arkhip Kuindzhi

Walters Art Museum

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1783 

Picked some magnolia petals and discovered as they started to wilt at creases they turned a beautiful warm brown color. Then got the idea to use a silverpoint stylus to scratch a magnolia drawing into the petal~ smells divine

Artist Elaine Thi shot her self-portrait on a Nintendo 3DS (2026)

The Pink Dress by Lewis Baumer, c. 1926

Robert Blemell Schnebbelie (1790-1849), Interior of Drury Lane Theatre, 18 November 1817, ink and watercolor.

And that posteur is... someone in this very room.

Kathleen Martyn, 1925

anai akuei

Actor battles a ghost, 19th century