February 20, 2010

(rt) Photography: Volcanoes, Olympians, lasers, & more

• Scientific:
  • Martin Rietze captured some beautiful volcanic lightning. (“I’d be charged, too, if I were shot out of the center of the earth,” says my wife.)
  • No sci fi: Infrared photos of a 747 shooting down a missile with a laser. (Can ill-tempered sea bass be far behind?) Apparently it happened not far from where I’m typing this.
  • “If you are intrigued by physics and love photography,” says Katrin Eismann, check out the work of Caleb Charland.
• Olympics:
  • Ryan McGinley brings a fresh eye & fresh palettes to photographing Olympians. [Via]
  • The Big Picture features a high res gallery showing the Olympic opening ceremonies. [Via]
• Oddly compelling: “Vans and the places where they were.” (As long as “lingering outside my house” isn’t featured, we’re cool.) [Via]