On September 22, 2010, with the departure of the Expedition 23 crew, Colonel Douglas H. Wheelock assumed command of the International Space Station and the Expedition 25 crew. He is also known as @Astro_Wheels on twitter, where he has been tweeting space photos to his followers since he arrived at the space station. We thought [...]
Archive | November, 2010
Sistine Chapel – Incredible Christian art walk-through [29 Pics]
The Sistine Chapel is best known for two things, one being the location of Papal conclaves, two the magnificent paintings of Michelangelo (ceiling and far wall). Other artists also contributed as we have explained in the image captions below. Michelangelo painted 12,000 square feet (1,100 m2) of the chapel ceiling between 1508 and 1512. There [...]
Hajj, Pilgrimage to Mecca when Millions Worship in Unison [49 Pics]
What exactly is it that goes on in Mecca? As a non muslim looking on it appears to be an event, or more correctly a pilgrimage, a worship en masse, bigger then any other in the world. And it happens every year. Well the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Hajj just announced that Hajj, the pilgrimage [...]
Artist JR – Street art raising questions across the world [24 Pics]
Photographic street art by one artist (J.R.) in locations all over the world. JR is an anonymous artist who does not explain his huge full frame portraits of people making faces. He leaves leaves it to the passer-by to do their own interpretation of the photograph. ” J.. R..? – What do your initials stand [...]