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    <title>Otherworldly Antarctica: Ice, Rock, and Wind at the Polar Extreme, Stump</title>
    <dc:date>2024-05-21T14:36:50+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["With stunning original photographs, an Antarctic scientist and explorer takes us to one of the most sublime, remote, and pristine regions on the planet.
"The interior of Antarctica is an utterly pristine wilderness, a desolate landscape of ice, wind, and rock; a landscape so unfamiliar as to seem of another world. This place has been known to only a handful of early explorers and the few scientists fortunate enough to have worked there. Edmund Stump is one of the lucky few. Having climbed, photographed, and studied more of the continent-spanning Transantarctic Mountains than any other person on Earth, this geologist, writer, and photographer is uniquely suited to share these alien sights.
"With stories of Stump’s forty years of journeys and science, Otherworldly Antarctica contains 130 original color photographs, complemented by watercolors and sketches by artist Marlene Hill Donnelly. Over three chapters—on the ice, the rock, and the wind—we meet snowy paths first followed during Antarctica’s Heroic Age, climb the central spire of the Organ Pipe Peaks, peer into the crater of the volcanic Mount Erebus, and traverse Liv Glacier on snowmobile, while avoiding fatal falls into the blue interiors of hidden crevasses. Along the way, we see the beauty of granite, marble, and ice-cored moraines, meltwater ponds, lenticular clouds, icebergs, and glaciers. Many of Stump’s breathtaking images are aerial shots taken from the planes and helicopters that brought him to the interior. More were shot from vantages gained by climbing the mountains he studied. Some were taken from the summits of peaks. Many are of places no one had set foot before—or has since. All seem both permanent and precarious, connecting this otherworld to our fragile own."

--- Stump's book about Antarctic mountains was very nice, and I'm really looking forward to this.  (But I want the codex and not just the library PDF...)]]></description>
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    <title>Dream Street: W. Eugene Smith’s Pittsburgh Project, Smith, Stephenson, Gay</title>
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    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[--- Strongly recommended [http://bactra.org/weblog/algae-2016-04.html#dream-street]]]></description>
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    <title>Pittsburgh People</title>
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    <title>Gold of the Great Steppe, Roberts</title>
    <dc:date>2022-04-03T15:46:08+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Gold of the Great Steppe details the results of recent excavations and new archaeological research from East Kazakhstan, complemented by contributions from a team of international scholars and experts. Rich accompanying images include photographs of intricate gold artifacts in the Saka-Scythian animal style and landscape and aerial photography of Saka burial mounds. Grounded in decades of careful study—including papers by professors Zainolla Samashev and Abdesh Toleubayev, the two leading Kazakhstani archaeologists of the East Kazakhstan region—this volume demonstrates current archaeological thinking in Kazakhstan today."]]></description>
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"Using advanced data visualizations to introduce different types of computational models, Atlas of Forecasts demonstrates how models can inform effective decision-making in education, science, technology, and policymaking. The models and maps presented aim to help anyone understand key processes and outcomes of complex systems dynamics, including which human skills are needed in an artificial intelligence–empowered economy; what progress in science and technology is likely to be made; and how policymakers can future-proof regions or nations. This Atlas offers a driver's seat-perspective for a test-drive of the future."]]></description>
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    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Visually striking, even low-key gorgeous.

"Colors show estimates of partisanship using data collected from 2016 to 2018, based on party registration, participation in partisan primary elections, demographic information and precinct or county election results."

--- I don't see anything in this about how the model is validated, and the demographic component makes me leery about how much of this is just America's Ur-Choropleth No. 2 in high resolution.]]></description>
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    <title>Historic Churches of New Mexico Today - Oxford Scholarship</title>
    <dc:date>2021-01-16T06:45:42+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Historic Churches of New Mexico Today is an interpretive ethnography based on fieldwork among hispanic villagers, Pueblo Indians, and Mescalero Apaches. The fieldwork was reinforced by extensive research in archives and in previous scholarship. The book presents scholarly interpretations in prose that is accessible, often narrative, at times lyrical, and crafted to convey the experience of researching in New Mexican villages. Descriptive guide information and directions to remote historic churches are provided. Themes treated in the book include the interactions of past and present, the decline of traditions, a sense of place and attachment to place, the church as a cultural legacy, the church in relation to native traditions, resistance to Catholicism, tensions between priests and congregations, maintenance and restoration of historic buildings, and, in general, how the church as a place and devotion as a practice are important (or not) to the identities and everyday lives of individuals and communities. Among many others, the historic churches discussed in the study include the Santuario de Chimayó, San José de Gracia in Las Trampas, San Francisco de Asís in Ranchos de Taos, the village churches of Mora County, St. Joseph Apache Mission in Mescalero, and the mission churches at Laguna, Acoma, and Picurís Pueblos."]]></description>
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    <title>I spent 600 days walking the Silk Road, seeing the Caucasus and Central Asia by foot — The Calvert Journal</title>
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    <title>12 Days on the Most Storied Highway of Them All: The Silk Road - The New York Times</title>
    <dc:date>2020-03-31T01:26:31+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/travel/silk-road-uzbekistan-tajikistan-kyrgyzstan.html</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><dc:subject>have_read central_asia armchair_travel pretty_pictures</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:bb08b63dac14/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.ibtauris.com/Books/The-arts/History-of-art--art--design-styles/History-of-art-ancient--classical-artBCE-to-c-500-CE/The-Silk-Road-Art-and-History?menuitem={DFF51E2F-C0BA-4928-ACC4-415188DCDEE8}">
    <title>The Silk Road: Art and History</title>
    <dc:date>2018-11-07T14:18:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.ibtauris.com/Books/The-arts/History-of-art--art--design-styles/History-of-art-ancient--classical-artBCE-to-c-500-CE/The-Silk-Road-Art-and-History?menuitem={DFF51E2F-C0BA-4928-ACC4-415188DCDEE8}</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Celebrating the cultural heritage of the countries along the Silk Route, this text explores the ancient trade route between Europe and the Far East, more specifically between Rome and the old Chinese capital of Xian. It examines the beautiful works of art discovered in each country, and sets them in their historical and geographical context. The author provides a comprehensive history of the Silk Road, drawing freely on anecdotes and literary and historical sources he examines the lives of the merchants and other travellers who used this route. Vignettes and poems from the heydey of the great trading route punctuate a lively and colourful text, which also features Antonia Tozer's evocative photographs."]]></description>
<dc:subject>to:NB books:noted silk_road central_asia pretty_pictures</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:a2624321d766/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300221695/city-unseen">
    <title>City Unseen | Yale University Press</title>
    <dc:date>2018-09-06T23:49:56+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300221695/city-unseen</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Stunning satellite images of one hundred cities show our urbanizing planet in a new light to reveal the fragile relationship between humanity and Earth
"Seeing cities around the globe in their larger environmental contexts, we begin to understand how the world shapes urban landscapes and how urban landscapes shape the world. Authors Karen Seto and Meredith Reba provide these revealing views to enhance readers’ understanding of the shape, growth, and life of urban settlements of all sizes—from the remote town of Namche Bazaar in Nepal to the vast metropolitan prefecture of Tokyo, Japan.
"Using satellite data, the authors show urban landscapes in new perspectives. The book’s beautiful and surprising images pull back the veil on familiar scenes to highlight the growth of cities over time, the symbiosis between urban form and natural landscapes, and the vulnerabilities of cities to the effects of climate change. We see the growth of Las Vegas and Lagos, the importance of rivers to both connecting and dividing cities like Seoul and London, and the vulnerability of Fukushima and San Juan to floods from tsunami or hurricanes. The result is a compelling book that shows cities’ relationships with geography, food, and society."]]></description>
<dc:subject>to:NB books:noted pretty_pictures cities the_earth_as_transformed_by_human_action</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:7e108e0d8806/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/picturing-science-and-engineering">
    <title>Picturing Science and Engineering | The MIT Press</title>
    <dc:date>2018-07-13T12:54:17+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/picturing-science-and-engineering</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["One of the most powerful ways for scientists to document and communicate their work is through photography. Unfortunately, most scientists have little or no training in that craft. In this book, celebrated science photographer Felice Frankel offers a guide for creating science images that are both accurate and visually stunning. Picturing Science and Engineering provides detailed instructions for making science photographs using the DSLR camera, the flatbed scanner, and the phone camera. The book includes a series of step-by-step case studies, describing how final images were designed for cover submissions and other kinds of visualizations. Lavishly illustrated in color throughout, the book encourages the reader to learn by doing, following Frankel as she recreates the stages of discovery that lead to a good science visual. Frankel shows readers how to present their work with graphics—how to tell a visual story—and considers issues of image adjustment and enhancement. She describes how developing the right visual to express a concept not only helps make science accessible to nonspecialists, but also informs the science itself, helping scientists clarify their thinking. Within the book are specific URLs where readers can view Frankel's online tutorials—visual “punctuations” of this printed edition. Additional materials, including tutorials and videos, can be found online at the book's website."

- Frankel's photography is great, so I'm looking forward to this.]]></description>
<dc:subject>to:NB books:noted visual_display_of_quantitative_information photography pretty_pictures frankel.felice coveted</dc:subject>
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<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:8eb32b706ce4/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319272696">
    <title>Designing Beauty: The Art of Cellular Automata | Andrew Adamatzky | Springer</title>
    <dc:date>2017-09-21T14:31:41+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319272696</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["This fascinating, colourful  book offers in-depth insights and first-hand working experiences in the production of art works, using simple computational models with rich morphological behaviour, at the edge of mathematics, computer science, physics and biology. It organically combines ground breaking scientific discoveries in the theory of computation and complex systems with artistic representations of the research results. In this appealing book mathematicians, computer scientists, physicists, and engineers brought together marvelous and esoteric patterns generated by cellular automata, which are arrays of simple machines with complex behavior. Configurations produced by cellular automata  uncover  mechanics of dynamic patterns formation, their propagation and interaction in natural systems: heart pacemaker, bacterial membrane proteins, chemical rectors, water permeation in soil, compressed gas, cell division, population dynamics, reaction-diffusion media and self-organisation."]]></description>
<dc:subject>to:NB books:noted cellular_automata pretty_pictures kith_and_kin</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.snowleopard.org/amazing-wild-snow-leopard-photos?goal=0_cc286e56f5-d9d7c86445-92763277&amp;mc_cid=d9d7c86445&amp;mc_eid=b7456d29b4">
    <title>Amazing Wild Snow Leopard Photos</title>
    <dc:date>2016-07-07T19:02:43+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.snowleopard.org/amazing-wild-snow-leopard-photos?goal=0_cc286e56f5-d9d7c86445-92763277&amp;mc_cid=d9d7c86445&amp;mc_eid=b7456d29b4</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><dc:subject>pretty_pictures to:tumblr central_asia snow_leopards cats</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:214132f83a6f/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/t:snow_leopards"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/sep/14/nadav-kander-dust-in-pictures">
    <title>Nadav Kander: Dust – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian</title>
    <dc:date>2016-04-15T22:32:09+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/sep/14/nadav-kander-dust-in-pictures</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><dc:subject>modern_ruins nukes post-soviet_life photos pretty_pictures</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:6a88d39727f2/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/t:post-soviet_life"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/t:photos"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo23519431.html">
    <title>Patterns in Nature: Why the Natural World Looks the Way It Does, Ball</title>
    <dc:date>2016-04-15T22:16:12+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo23519431.html</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Though at first glance the natural world may appear overwhelming in its diversity and complexity, there are regularities running through it, from the hexagons of a honeycomb to the spirals of a seashell and the branching veins of a leaf. Revealing the order at the foundation of the seemingly chaotic natural world, Patterns in Nature explores not only the math and science but also the beauty and artistry behind nature’s awe-inspiring designs.
"Unlike the patterns we create in technology, architecture, and art, natural patterns are formed spontaneously from the forces that act in the physical world. Very often the same types of pattern and form – spirals, stripes, branches, and fractals, say—recur in places that seem to have nothing in common, as when the markings of a zebra mimic the ripples in windblown sand. That’s because, as Patterns in Nature shows, at the most basic level these patterns can often be described using the same mathematical and physical principles: there is a surprising underlying unity in the kaleidoscope of the natural world. Richly illustrated with 250 color photographs and anchored by accessible and insightful chapters by esteemed science writer Philip Ball, Patterns in Nature reveals the organization at work in vast and ancient forests, powerful rivers, massing clouds, and coastlines carved out by the sea.
"By exploring similarities such as those between a snail shell and the swirling stars of a galaxy, or the branches of a tree and those of a river network, this spectacular visual tour conveys the wonder, beauty, and richness of natural pattern formation."

--- How does this differ from _The Self-Made Tapestry_ (http://bactra.org/reviews/self-made-tapestry/), other than being in print?]]></description>
<dc:subject>to:NB books:noted pattern_formation pretty_pictures popular_science ball.philip books:owned</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:20eae26d764a/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.katherinelee.net/maps-doors-and-coffins-locating-absence/">
    <title>Maps, Doors and Coffins: Locating Absence - Katherine Lee</title>
    <dc:date>2016-03-31T11:08:17+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.katherinelee.net/maps-doors-and-coffins-locating-absence/</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><dc:subject>pretty_pictures</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:fb549a8c5076/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/9/10955126/nasa-space-posters-travel-tourism-planets">
    <title>NASA releases even more of its fantastical space tourism posters | The Verge</title>
    <dc:date>2016-02-10T22:05:51+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/9/10955126/nasa-space-posters-travel-tourism-planets</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I think the one for Earth has to be an intentional _Paradise Lost_ reference.]]></description>
<dc:subject>pretty_pictures space_exploration to:blog via:aks</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:9e333fb80aa9/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/t:space_exploration"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/t:to:blog"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.pnas.org/content/111/49/17363.abstract.html">
    <title>Spiral precipitation patterns in confined chemical gardens</title>
    <dc:date>2014-12-17T18:12:56+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.pnas.org/content/111/49/17363.abstract.html</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Chemical gardens are mineral aggregates that grow in three dimensions with plant-like forms and share properties with self-assembled structures like nanoscale tubes, brinicles, or chimneys at hydrothermal vents. The analysis of their shapes remains a challenge, as their growth is influenced by osmosis, buoyancy, and reaction–diffusion processes. Here we show that chemical gardens grown by injection of one reactant into the other in confined conditions feature a wealth of new patterns including spirals, flowers, and filaments. The confinement decreases the influence of buoyancy, reduces the spatial degrees of freedom, and allows analysis of the patterns by tools classically used to analyze 2D patterns. Injection moreover allows the study in controlled conditions of the effects of variable concentrations on the selected morphology. We illustrate these innovative aspects by characterizing quantitatively, with a simple geometrical model, a new class of self-similar logarithmic spirals observed in a large zone of the parameter space."

- D'Arcy Thompson would've been all over this.]]></description>
<dc:subject>to:NB pattern_formation self-organization physics chemistry reaction-diffusion pretty_pictures</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:3ef1566e112b/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://bost.ocks.org/mike/algorithms/">
    <title>Visualizing Algorithms</title>
    <dc:date>2014-07-13T18:49:08+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://bost.ocks.org/mike/algorithms/</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Some of the sorting algorithm visualizations reminded me of my old days working with 1D cellular automata, and the spanning-tree ones are great.  (I had never realized the connection between mazes and spanning trees.)]]></description>
<dc:subject>algorithms programming to_teach:statcomp pretty_pictures visual_display_of_quantitative_information have_read via:?</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:ba6e0aebff48/</dc:identifier>
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    <title>APOD: 2013 February 23 - Chelyabinsk Meteor Flash</title>
    <dc:date>2013-11-22T18:12:31+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130223.html</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><dc:subject>asteroids pretty_pictures to:blog</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:be61b4211f11/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.popcitymedia.com/features/knitthebridge081413.aspx">
    <title>Photo slide show: The yarnbombing of the Warhol Bridge</title>
    <dc:date>2013-08-20T18:51:33+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.popcitymedia.com/features/knitthebridge081413.aspx</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><dc:subject>pittsburgh art pretty_pictures</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/business/global/hauling-new-treasure-along-the-silk-road.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0">
    <title>Hauling New Treasure Along the Silk Road - NYTimes.com</title>
    <dc:date>2013-07-23T16:50:56+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/business/global/hauling-new-treasure-along-the-silk-road.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><dc:subject>have_read central_asia globalization via:krugman pretty_pictures armchair_travel</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
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    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lots of antiques from the '70s (the Michauds &c.)  Don't see any of my grandfather's but I haven't gone through the whole archive.]]></description>
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]]></description>
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]]></description>
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    <title>fuck yeah eyegasms - From outer of space (by Alan Delmas)</title>
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]]></description>
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    <dc:date>2011-03-05T02:00:45+00:00</dc:date>
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    <title>APOD: 2011 February 27 - Saturn's Hyperion: A Moon with Odd Craters</title>
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]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://fuckyeaheyegasms.tumblr.com/post/3646500511">
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    <dc:date>2011-03-05T01:31:15+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:date>2011-03-04T04:50:05+00:00</dc:date>
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<item rdf:about="http://community.livejournal.com/abandonedplaces/2279876.html">
    <title>abandonedplaces: Foggy Power</title>
    <dc:date>2011-02-02T21:24:10+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://community.livejournal.com/abandonedplaces/2279876.html</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><dc:subject>modern_ruins abandoned_places photos pretty_pictures</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:1bb615eac01b/</dc:identifier>
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    <title>APOD: 2011 January 30 - Gibbous Europa</title>
    <dc:date>2011-02-01T01:28:31+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110130.html</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><dc:subject>space photos europa pretty_pictures</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:f916ba186064/</dc:identifier>
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    <title>APOD: 2011 January 19 - Saturn Storm</title>
    <dc:date>2011-01-29T09:15:16+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap110119.html</link>
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<item rdf:about="http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/eclipse110104_solar_transit.html">
    <title>Thierry Legault - Partial solar eclipse and transit of the Space Station from Oman</title>
    <dc:date>2011-01-09T00:34:07+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/eclipse110104_solar_transit.html</link>
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<dc:subject>eclipse photos pretty_pictures space_station space_exploration via:ken_macleod</dc:subject>
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    <title>APOD: 2011 January 2 - Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth</title>
    <dc:date>2011-01-03T16:34:53+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap110102.html</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The shadow of the Moon on the Earth, as seen from space.
ETA: Also posted by James Nicoll under the wonderful title "Ever wonder what the area around Dick Cheney looks like?"
]]></description>
<dc:subject>photos pretty_pictures eclipse space</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://coilhouse.net/2010/12/sean-r-heaveys-otherworldly-weather-images/">
    <title>Coilhouse » Blog Archive » Sean R. Heavey’s Otherworldly Weather Images</title>
    <dc:date>2010-12-13T23:10:23+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://coilhouse.net/2010/12/sean-r-heaveys-otherworldly-weather-images/</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><dc:subject>pretty_pictures photos weather</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:b84438a2d861/</dc:identifier>
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    <title>APOD: 2010 December 4 - Sunset at the Spiral Jetty</title>
    <dc:date>2010-12-05T15:54:50+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101204.html</link>
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]]></description>
<dc:subject>pretty_pictures spiral_jetty photos sculpture earthworks</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:203b1822b002/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/t:sculpture"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101018.html">
    <title>APOD: 2010 October 18 - It Came from the Sun</title>
    <dc:date>2010-11-18T23:38:36+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101018.html</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><dc:subject>sun space photos pretty_pictures die_puny_humans</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:38940c5d7cb3/</dc:identifier>
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    <title>APOD: 2010 November 15 - Home from Above</title>
    <dc:date>2010-11-16T03:58:02+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101115.html</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><dc:subject>space_exploration photos pretty_pictures sublime via:making_light</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:2dfb10df5df8/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101101.html">
    <title>APOD: 2010 November 1 - The Milky Way Over the Peak of the Furnace</title>
    <dc:date>2010-11-11T12:15:16+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101101.html</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><dc:subject>pretty_pictures</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:7ad9856366d6/</dc:identifier>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://coilhouse.net/2010/10/forest-i-carry-inside/">
    <title>Coilhouse » Blog Archive » Forest I Carry Inside</title>
    <dc:date>2010-10-08T15:55:34+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://coilhouse.net/2010/10/forest-i-carry-inside/</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><dc:subject>modern_ruins art pretty_pictures architecture</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:638a872d8c1b/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101003.html">
    <title>APOD: 2010 October 3 - Io in True Color</title>
    <dc:date>2010-10-04T13:43:56+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101003.html</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><dc:subject>space_exploration pretty_pictures io photos</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:633f835f6507/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/t:io"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://coilhouse.net/2010/09/inter-states/">
    <title>Coilhouse » Blog Archive » Inter // States</title>
    <dc:date>2010-09-17T12:10:33+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://coilhouse.net/2010/09/inter-states/</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I confess I like the music, too.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>tokyo pretty_pictures</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:df4031d5bfd5/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100730.html">
    <title>APOD: 2010 July 30 - Eclipse on the Beach</title>
    <dc:date>2010-08-26T02:25:54+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100730.html</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><dc:subject>photos eclipse easter_island beautiful sublime pretty_pictures</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:f3f02b11016e/</dc:identifier>
<taxo:topics><rdf:Bag>	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/t:photos"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/t:eclipse"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/t:easter_island"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/t:beautiful"/>
	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/t:sublime"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.popcitymedia.com/features/slidesfalcons081110.aspx">
    <title>Pop City Slide Show: The Pittsburgh Flight of the Falcons</title>
    <dc:date>2010-08-11T14:02:27+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.popcitymedia.com/features/slidesfalcons081110.aspx</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I am pretty sure these are not the ones which occasionally perch outside my office.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>birds photos pretty_pictures pittsburgh</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:17d296a68786/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/t:pittsburgh"/>
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<item rdf:about="http://community.livejournal.com/abandonedplaces/2177300.html">
    <title>abandonedplaces: Abandoned Cemetery in VA</title>
    <dc:date>2010-08-07T23:11:38+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://community.livejournal.com/abandonedplaces/2177300.html</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><dc:subject>abandoned_places pretty_pictures photos memento_mori</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:121eec449baf/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/2363/">
    <title>Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943 – Plog Photo Blog</title>
    <dc:date>2010-08-02T17:37:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/2363/</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Wow, were we poor.
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<dc:subject>photos pretty_pictures american_history via:?</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:0e56d63b0fc2/</dc:identifier>
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    <title>APOD: 2010 July 14 - Easter Island Eclipse</title>
    <dc:date>2010-07-29T16:29:08+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100714.html</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><dc:subject>pretty_pictures easter_island eclipse photos</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:413f0128a840/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100727.html">
    <title>APOD: 2010 July 27 - The Milky Way Over Bryce Canyon</title>
    <dc:date>2010-07-28T13:26:45+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100727.html</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><dc:subject>pretty_pictures photos</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:11a03cbe2e55/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://community.livejournal.com/abandonedplaces/2161986.html">
    <title>abandonedplaces: На градирне</title>
    <dc:date>2010-07-22T02:56:03+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://community.livejournal.com/abandonedplaces/2161986.html</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><dc:subject>pretty_pictures photos modern_ruins</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:54260effceb3/</dc:identifier>
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    <title>APOD: 2010 July 1 - Above Aurora Australis</title>
    <dc:date>2010-07-03T21:01:43+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100701.html</link>
    <dc:creator>cshalizi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The southern lights, seen from space.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>aurora pretty_pictures sublime photos space</dc:subject>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:cshalizi/b:6790c018e8cc/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/checking_in_on_saturn.html">
    <title>Checking in on Saturn - The Big Picture - Boston.com</title>
    <dc:date>2010-05-23T14:31:35+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/checking_in_on_saturn.html</link>
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