Imagery

The Earth's shadow cast against the Moon evokes the space shuttle Discovery's dwindling, penumbral career.

The eyes of Xenos peckii, a miniscule parasitic fly, inspire optical engineers with their ability to stitch small images into a composite picture.

"Just think how many periodic tables you could put on my whole head!"

Is it the surface of an asteroid? Alzheimer's-ravaged brain tissue riddled with amyloid plaques? An electron micrograph of Limburger cheese? Answer after the jump.

Animaloscope, cinnomonograph, katoptiikum, lobsterscope, mutoscope, phenakistoscope, vivrescope, xograph�just a few of the turn-of-the-last-century's names for a strange new medium.

An amazing chart traces the routes of a variety of fictional time voyages, from Buck Rogers to Planet of the Apes to the several temporal joyrides found throughout the Star Trek franchise.

A quiet and surprising short animation that catches the flickering, secret splendor of a colorblind world.

An animated tour of the known universe gives a glimpse of cosmic structure�and hints at our limited view.

"His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead." �James Joyce

A new-media production of Kafka's The Trial makes projected 3-D imagery look like a natural component of live theatrical performance.