Results tagged “photography” from 60 Second Science

The National Wildlife Federation has just released the winners of its 37th annual photo contest. Editors whittled down 16,000 submissions into 16 winners in categories like Mammals, Birds, Other Wildlife, Underwater Life, New Life, Connecting People and Nature, Habitat and Power of Nature.

Most of the images are beautiful shots, but not as beautiful as my submission of a bum urinating behind a dumpster. They said a bum isn't "technically" wildlife, and there's no "official category" for self portraits. Snobs.

One more pic after the jump.

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Since it's been quite the audiovisual day from me, I just thought I'd cap it by sharing these impressive, hi-res photos of a recent NASA mission at the International Space Station. Takes me back to the days I used to float upside down in the neighborhood pool, training for my inevitable zero-g trip to space.

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Here at 60 Second Science, we usually bring you deep insight into the latest developments in the science world, often peppered with delightful commentary and the charming cocktail-party wit of a dandy fop.

Other times, we just want to share pictures of things exploding.

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Just in time for Halloween, photographer Alex Klochkov took these photos of an abandoned Soviet-era brain research facility in Russia. Klochkov's photos have a lyrical beauty about them — but then, that beauty gets mitigated by the exposed crania of decomposing, rodentine test subjects. Geesh.

There's plenty of Fincher-meets-Reznor ghoulishness to be found in here, with a touch of Cold-War sadness.

Art Deliverance: Brain Research Facility

Image Credit: Alex Klochkov