Results for "Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Project Celescope"
Smithsonian Optimism for the Blue Planet
- Date: April 27, 2017
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: An overview of the history of environmental conservation activities at the Smithsonian, since its founding in 1846.
Thank you, Volunteers!
- Date: April 23, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Volunteers have been an integral part of the Smithsonian since the beginning. As our historian Pamela Henson likes to say, we have always relied on the kindness of strangers. A blog post in honor of Volunteer Appreciation Month 2015. Includes a list of Smithsonian crowdsourcing projects that volunteers can participate in.
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Wish You Were Here?
- Date: December 1, 2009
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="attachment_3071" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Spiral Galaxy Messier 81 (M81), 2003, Spitzer Space Telescope / IRAC, NASA / JPL-Caltech / S. Willner, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA"][/caption] You may in fact be, or just feel like, a big shot down here on earth. But, ever since airborne cameras started to photograph our little planet from above, and once they
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Another Wonderful Winter of Wetmore
- Date: January 12, 2017
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: On this day, 72 years ago, ornithologist Alexander Wetmore became Smithsonian Secretary--continuing his life-long dedication to field research! Help transcribe Wetmore’s extensive research and make it available for a new generation of field scientists.
A Legend in Termite Field Biology
- Date: March 2, 2021
- Creator: Dr. Elizabeth Harmon
- Description: Dr. Margaret S. Collins became a renowned expert in multiple areas of termite zoololgy during her almost 50-year career as a scientist and professor.
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See Here: 10/25/2013
- Date: October 25, 2013
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: See Here: a weekly photo feature showcasing images from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
The Scientific Portraits of Julian Papin Scott, Part 1 of 2: The Photographer Behind the Lens
- Date: September 3, 2019
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: In a world drowning in images, where we swipe past photos of friends, relatives, and selves in mere seconds, a set of remarkable portraits taken in the 1910s and 1920s by Julian Papin Scott (1877-1961) deserve more considered attention. Sometimes, his subjects appear immersed in work, surrounded by microscopes, beakers, or stacks of books, as if unaware of the photographer.
Sneak Peek 10/2/2017
- Date: October 2, 2017
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Universal quartz spectrograph used in radiation researches in the laboratory of the Division of Radiation and Organisms, MNH-11036C.
Link Love: 4/12/2019
- Date: April 12, 2019
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.