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grrlscientist | August 4, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day
Inside St. Olav's Church
Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
This image would also benefit from a little Photoshop intervention to tone down the bleaching effects of the brilliant light pouring in through the windows.
grrlscientist | August 4, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day
Old Courtyard (with Hotel Marriott)
This is not the best image but I really like the clouds and the contrast to the buildings (This courtyard really IS this uneven, by the way!) This is a situation where I should crop the raw image. Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | August 3, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day
Courtyard.
Restored courtyard in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
What do you suppose those two signs are pointing at? They provide distance, but no context for those distances. For example, the "15 M" sign looks to be pointing to the dumpster .. hrm.
grrlscientist | August 3, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day
Streets.
Cobblestone streets in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | August 2, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day
Doorway.
Wooden doorway in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | August 1, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day
Tunnel.
Tunnel leading to courtyard that has been restored as an
outdoor theatre and restaurant in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | July 31, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day
Barrel.
Barrel outside a restaurant in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | July 30, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities
Inside the church.
Inside the entrance of St. Olav's Church in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | July 30, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day
Inside the spire.
Inside the spire of St. Olav's Church in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
(Photograph of the outside of the spire)
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | July 28, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day
Spire in the Sky, 2.
St. Olav's Church, Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | July 28, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day
Spire in the Sky.
St. Olav's Church, Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | July 27, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day
Loodus Muuseum.
Natural History Museum in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
Hang on, I thought I saw an owl up there!
Loodus Muuseum, close-up of the owl.
Natural History Museum in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | July 25, 2009tags: Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland, cities, image of the day
Looking out from the fortress.
Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 19 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | July 24, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day
Outdoor Theatre (originally a courtyard).
Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | July 24, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day
Colors.
Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | July 23, 2009tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities, image of the day
Doorway.
Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | July 15, 2009tags: TEDTalks, environment, cities, poverty, crime, underground economy, Stewart Brand, streaming video
The man who helped usher in the environmental movement in the 1960s and '70s has been rethinking his positions on cities, nuclear power, genetic modification and geo-engineering. This talk at the US State Department is a foretaste of his major new book, sure to provoke widespread debate. You've GOT to watch the video of the train going through the poor part of town in Bankok -- it's amazing! [16:42]
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED…
grrlscientist | July 13, 2009tags: Munkkivori, Helsinki, Finland, nature, image of the day
A view of the woods right outside the door of the apartment building
where I am staying in Helsinki, Finland.
Image: GrrlScientist, 12 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
grrlscientist | July 11, 2009tags: River Vantaa, Helsinki, Finland, nature, image of the day
A view of a natural waterfall in a park near the River Vantaa.
This waterfall is in the same park that I showed you yesterday.
I believe I was in Vantaa (will check after my host returns),
in northern Helsinki, Finland, when I photographed this.
Image: GrrlScientist, 6 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
bioephemera | May 10, 2009
We all know some cities "feel" smaller than others. But this set of subway maps presented at the same scale makes the differences obvious.
Just for fun, I made this image layering four of maps from major world cities in red, black, gold, and blue. Recognize the cities? Answer after the fold. . .
Sizewise, the winner here is London, shown in red. New York, in black, is a close second. The much less complex gold-green pattern is Washington, DC - note that it only approaches the size of New York and London because of the long spindly commuter line reaching north into Maryland. And that dense…