Thursday, January 13, 2011
The Largest-Ever Digital Color Image Of The Sky
Taken from the SDSS imaging camera a reported 1.2 trillion pixel image is available for public download. The image covers a third of the night sky and is part of an on going project to map the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way. More information can be found here.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
50,000 Photos Donated
In a welcomed move, the State Library of Queensland has donated 50,000 photos to Wikimedia Commons. In case you didn't know Wikimedia is a free repository of image & sound files which can be used anywhere on the web. A direct link to the Queensland State Library archive can be found here and one to the German Federal Archive can be found here.
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