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Random pictures - Bugs

 

Source: Enter the Microscopic World of Bugs With These Award-Winning Garden Photos 

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Random pictures - Tolkein

 

 

Source: Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth

Random pictures - nature

 

 

 

Source: Nature Photographer of the Year 2017: Winners

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Random pictures - da Vinci

 

Source: Digitized Manuscripts:  Leonardo da Vinci, Notebook ("Codex Arundel') 

"A collection of papers written in Italian by Leonardo da Vinci (b. 1452, d. 1519), in his characteristic left-handed mirror-writing (reading from right to left), including diagrams, drawings and brief texts, covering a broad range of topics in science and art, as well as personal notes..."

Random pictures - Russian subways

 

 

 

Source:  David Burdeny: Russia a right future Visit the link for the full, un-cropped pictures and many more...

Random pictures - misc.

 

 

Source: 15 Mind-Blowing Photos You Will Not Believe are Real

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Random pictures - nature/wildlife

 

 

 

Source:  Nature Photographer of the Year Contest 2017 galleries  Go to the link to see the full, un-cropped pictures and many more...

Random pictures - Japanese woodblocks

 

 

 

 

 

Source: Ukoyi-e Japanese Woodblock Print Search  And here's an article on the database: Enter a Digital Archive of 213,000+ Beautiful Japanese Woodblock Prints

Random pictures - heart disease

 

 

Source: Heart disease under a new lens— take a look at our 9 image competition winners

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Random pictures - Iceland

 

 

 

Source: 36 photos of beautiful places in Iceland Visit the link for the full, un-cropped pictures and many more...

Random pictures - Jupiter

 

Source: Juno brings a stormy Jupiter into focus Visit the link for the full, un-cropped pictures and many more...

Random pictures - mystery manuscript

 

 

Source: The Voynich Manuscript

"Named for Polish book dealer Wilfrid Voynich, who acquired it in 1912, the Voynich manuscript is a mystery that has remained unsolved for centuries. 

The manuscript is a 6x9-inch codex of bound calfskin vellum, which has been carbon-dated to the early decades of the 15th century, and is believed to have come from northern Italy. It holds approximately 240 pages, some which fold out, though it is believed that some pages are missing.

The content of the manuscript is truly baffling, though. It is written in a completely unknown script, and illuminated throughout with illustrations of seemingly fantastical plants. Estimates of how many individual characters compose the script vary from 15 to 40. 

Many amateur and professional cryptographers, including Allied codebreakers from both World Wars, have spent years trying to decipher the text, with little success.."

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Random pictures - misc

 

Source: The 20 photographs of the week

Random picture- wildlife

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Source: The Week in Wildlife Go there for the full, un-cropped picture and many others...

Random pictures - maps

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Source: The David Rumsey Map Collection - The historical map collection has over 77,000 maps and images online.