studies of the surface

Jules Janssen (Feb. 24, 1824 to Dec. 23, 1907): French astronomer who, among other things, was known for his 1904 Atlas de photographies solaires: photographic studies of the surface of the sun.

1. Région Centrale (Taches et Granulations), June 22, 1885, 7h 48m 40s
2. Région Centrale (Taches et Granulations), April 1, 1894, 9h 51m 17s

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captured light

Reproduction of the first daguerrotype of the Sun. The original image was a little over 12 centimeters in diameter. Reproduced from G. De Vaucouleurs, Astronomical Photography, MacMillan, 1961 [plate 1].

Via the High Altitude Observatory.

pendant l'eclipse

Eugène Atget: Pendant l'Eclipse, 1912 (printed later by Berenice Abbott).

glance to the sun

Edmund Kesting: Glance to the Sun. 1928.

now have come the shining days

Photo: Jacques Henri Lartigue, via pianonecktie + all things amazing.

Post title: from 'June's Coming' by John Burroughs.

'love never dies'

An amazing story:

Virginia Moore holds up the bracelet she gave her husband Marcus before he went off to fight and die in World War II. Marcus Comer was killed in the Battle of the Bulge but the bracelet wasn't found until fifty nine years later, when it was returned to Moore.

Also on my mind today: sleeping soldiers.

sunday tune: the chills - doledrums

Via Aileen Kwun. I love the things she posts.

gold letters

Vanessa Hernandez at work, via the fox is black.

this weekend

Three glorious days:

• Vuillard, early and late
• Diebenkorn prints
• Chiquita Banana
• sci-fi movies
• starting some summer reading
• mostly: relaxing

Happy weekend.

Sean Higgins: Lando Calrissian, 2009. Via Nathan Abels.