Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull

Everyone and their brother wrote about the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull in the last couple of weeks or so.  I read everything from personal complaints of delayed flights, to jokes, to serious analysis of the impact on the economy, and so on and so forth.  And nothing seemed to touch my nerve.  Yes, it’s Mother Nature and she has a way of showing to us how small, insignificant, and fragile we are.  But that’s nothing new, not to me at least.  But what did impress me out of my skin was The Big Picture blog post, filled, as usual, with stunning images.  I think unless you see them all, you haven’t really learned anything about this volcano.

Vancouver Olympic photography

Boston.com’s Big Picture blog runs a collection of more than 40 amazing photographs from Vancouver Olympics.  Hard work, dedication, pain, and pride – both from the sportsmen and photographers.  Stunning!

Updated: There is a second post with even more stunning images.

35 Years of Microscope’s Photography

Microscope : Carrot Seeds
Microscope : Carrot Seeds

Wired Science runs a post linking to tonnes of fascinating photographs done through a microscope lens.  Little things cropped and magnified look like matters from the other planets.  And only the best of the best of the best are selected…