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Space Shuttle Program (1981 – 2011)
After three decades, Atlantis which was launched on Saturday will be NASA’s last space shuttle […]
Fukushima Nuclear Incident
When I saw conflicting reports over the exploding nuclear power plant in Japan that had […]
The Completion of Transcontinental Railroad
Six years after work began in 1862, the laborers of the Central Pacific Railroad from […]
Maurice Broomfield (1916-2010)
Maurice Broomfield started his career documenting the devastated cities of Europe. When he returned, Imperial […]
The Day of the Black Sea
You got to hand it to Chris Graythen of Getty — he sure can make […]
Blown-Away Man, 1978
Rarely has an advertising image been hailed as a pop culture icon. In that rarified company of Marlboro Man and Benetto Pieta belongs this 1978 photograph by Steven Steigman, which would later be known as the Blown-away Man.
Climate v. Politicians
(Clockwise from left to right: Jose Manuel Barroso, the President of European Commission; German Chancellor […]
Krakatoa Explodes
Since Eyjafjallajökull is grounding me and providing thousands of people in Northern Hemisphere with the […]