It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.

The Plains of Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars, and Titan

negatives envelope (c1950s)

The Pelican Nebula is an H II region associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The gaseous contortions of this emission nebula bear a resemblance to a pelican, giving rise to its name. [**]

H.P. Lovecraft, “Supernatural Horror in Literature”, 1929 (via liquidnight)

Gambling House - Saloon - Restaurant Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada

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Saturnian Storm  Ready for more stunning images courtesy of Cassini? I don’t know about you, but I never tire of looking at images of our Universe. In this image you can see a massive storm raging in Saturn’s northern hemisphere. This true-color image shows the storm encircling the ringed giant.  Taken on February 25, 2011, approximately 12 weeks after the onset of the storm, the storm wrapped around the planet and the clouds formed a tail. You can see the tail in the image (appears blue in color) and is located southwest of the storm’s head. This is the most massive, and intense storm ever observed on Saturn, either by Cassini or Voyager. The storm is still active and as scientists tracked the storm, they discovered it spans an area 500 times the area of any of the large hexagonal storms observed in Saturn’s southern hemisphere.  Saturn’s massive ring system casts shadows which have strong seasonal effects and could potentially switch on these massive storms. The storm seen in this image could be related to seasonal changes in the northern hemisphere after the equinox of August 2009.  -ALT Image & Source Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI

Illuminated nights captured by Roberto Bertero

Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Luther as a doctor, a monk, a Turk, a preacher, a fanatic, a church visitor and a wild man with a club, thus identified with the seven-headed monster of the Apocalypse, ca. 1520