Imagery

Mats of extremophile bacteria? Bio-colonized pigments in an ancient aboriginal petroglyph? Or an image of our nearest planetary neighbor? Answer after the jump.

Another advertisement from the Land of People Who Want to Be Toys. Video after the jump.

Imagery that comes to grips with black holes, places where the equations of the physicists seem to stretch unto breaking. Videos after the jump.

A laboratory in Montana that limns the bases of avian flight; a tumblr that collects evidence of our airborne technological fantasies.

Seven years ago, Mars Exploration Rover Spirit landed on Mars. Mired in 2009 after traveling nearly five miles across the Martian landscape and silent since March, Spirit's parking spot may be its final resting place.

Depicting skiers as gadgets of a kind, a resort's promotion reminds us of the clockwork appeal of toys, models, and virtual worlds.

A BMW advertisement proves that subliminal advertising works best when its presence is revealed.

On the brink of 2011, peering out through circles within circles, reckoning changes to come.

Cassini's composite picture of the gas giant drives home what a vast, strange, and compelling world it is.

The DIA Parrot wireless photo frame by Nodesign deconstructs the LCD, separating the backlighting from the display unit to create a luminous projection effect. Usually, an LCD unit is sandwiched with its opaque backlight, hiding the display’s smoky windowpane quality. By separating the two, the DIA Parrot celebrates the qualities of the LCD while providing a new/old lightboxing effect. The ...