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Below is an extremely diverse picture gallery of photographs all found in the public domain. You will find the photos both marvelous and perhaps a little shocking. Photographs are essential on a website if the purpose of the site is to retail goods.
Remember the old adage-a picture is worth a thousand words. Be sure to get a professional to photograph your goods. You need to have excellent photos with perfectly lit and artfully arranged subject matter. Your photographs will market your goods for you.
Photographs can take us back to the past and into the future. A photo gallery can be an asset to any website especially ones for: travel agency, educational institute, interior design, home renovation, home furnishings, fashion, sporting goods, artistic works, magazines.
Photography has gone digital but with the use of a scanner, your old style film photos can be incorporated into your website. A scanner will render your photo into a digital file called a JPEG, which can be sized and incorporated into a gallery such as the one below. Our website has a number of galleries in it. The one below also incorporates text for descriptive and pricing purposes. Features of the gallery such as color of backgrounds and text, size of images can be reconfigured. Drop shadows can be applied to images for a very polished look.
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Hubble Views Ancient Storm in the Atmosphere of Jupiter: When 17th-century astronomers first turned their telescopes to Jupiter, they noted a conspicuous reddish spot on the giant planet. This Great Red Spot is still present in Jupiter's atmosphere, more than 300 years later. It is now known that it is a vast storm, spinning like a cyclone. Unlike a low-pressure hurricane in the Caribbean Sea, however, the Red Spot rotates in a counterclockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere, showing that it is a high-pressure system. Winds inside this Jovian storm reach speeds of about 270 mph. The Red Spot is the largest known storm in the solar system. With a diameter of 15,400 miles, it is almost twice the size of the entire Earth and one-sixth the diameter of Jupiter itself. However, the Red Spot does change its shape, size, and color, sometimes dramatically. Such changes are demonstrated in these Hubble telescope pictures.
Grizzly Bear: Does this Grizzly Bear seem surprised by the intrepid photographer who snapped this shot of him as he minds his own business? What could he be thinking? The expression he wears seems extraordinarily intelligent as if he is thinking about his next move and doesn't like being interupted. Perhaps he isn't quite sure that he heard what he thinks he heard, the click of a camera shutter, a sound that is out of place in his world.
Shrouded Sculpture: This fantastic marble sculpture captures a woman in death laid out for viewing in her shroud. Located in the Boston Museum of Art, the artist has realistically depicted this death scene, in life size scale. The skillful treatment of the draped fabric and the details of the woman's peaceful face might lead one to believe that she is only sleeping and that she will rouse momentarily.
Mount Rushmore: An extraordinary work of art, placed on the face of Mount Rushmore, a tribute to the founders of the United States, this sculpture may well grow to be as old as the pyramids or the sphinx. If it survives ten thousand years will it's meaning still be understood? Or will the efigy be hacked away, destroyed by a future generation who will come to control the land and be disgusted by the concepts that the sculpture represents?
Sunflower: The incredible sunflower growing to heights of twenty feet and having a flower that can measure two feet wide, piques the imagination. Could this flower have come from the dinosaur age and once been a delicacy which Brontosaurs might have feasted on. Imagine an insect, a bee of three foot dimension fluttering from flower to flower pollinating these magnificent specimans.
Aztec Ruins: The Aztec, one of the great aboriginal cultures of the Americas, paid tribute to their rulers with the construction of lush burial chambers such as this. The walls, hand painted in vibrantly coloured designs, speak of the deeds of the beloved king. Sculpted effigies are placed in the chamber to ward off evil. Ceramic pots hold food offerings placed there by priests who pray that the departed spirit may look kindly upon his kingdom, from the other side.
Celtic Ruins: Our design team finds ruins fascinating. These ruins are like a cut-a-way of this ancient building, showing us how the edifice was constructed. Because we see crosses in the background landscape, we might assume that it is a church. And look at the spectacular view. Wouldn't it have been glorius to live in those simpler times.
Shroud of Turrin: This photograph was created by photographing the infamous Shroud of Turrin, which is said to be the burial shroud of Jesus Christ, and then reversing all colouration in the photograph with a negative screen. Is this then, the face of Christ or merely a marvelously faked counterfeit. Was this shroud touched by the power of God, as Christ miraculously came back to life and rose from the dead? Could this shroud bring others back from death?
Human Skeleton: The human skeleton consists of 206 bones. We are actually born with more bones (about 300), but many fuse together as a child grows up. These bones support your body and allow you to move. Bones contain a lot of calcium (an element found in milk, broccoli, and other foods). Bones manufacture blood cells and store important minerals. Males and females have slightly different skeletons, including a different elbow angle. Males have slightly thicker and longer legs and arms; females have a wider pelvis and a larger space within the pelvis, through which babies travel when they are born.
Mystical Canoe Trip: The day dawned foggy and calm. Smoothwater Lake was like liquid mercury as we set off. It was the most beautiful experience I have ever had on the water. Half an hour's paddling brought us to the southern end, and the start of our first portage. The beautiful hazy calm of the lake was replaced by a nightmare of mud, knee deep or worse, through which our trip mates confidently strode, disappearing into the woods. Half an eternity later, and muddy to the upper thighs, we flopped onto terra firma with our canoe and our way-too-heavy packs. Seemingly 10 kilometres later, with the canoe yoke biting into my shoulders and a total weight around 90lb on my back, I figured I was about halfway along the trail and once again wondered what was so great about all this.
Hubble Space Telescope The most wondrous of all man's creations to date, created for the purpose of science, but which ultimately is also creating the most stupendous art known to humankind, is the Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble orbits 600 kilometers (375 miles) above Earth, working around the clock to unlock the secrets of the Universe. It uses excellent pointing precision, powerful optics, and state-of-the-art instruments to provide stunning views of the Universe that cannot be made using ground-based telescopes or other satellites. Hubble is the first scientific mission of any kind that is specifically designed for routine servicing by spacewalking astronauts. It has a visionary, modular design which allows the astronauts to take it apart, replace worn out equipment and upgrade instruments. These periodic service calls make sure that Hubble produces first-class science using cutting-edge technology. Each time a science instrument in Hubble is replaced, it increases Hubble's scientific power by a factor of 10 or greater!
Mountain Climbing This is a fantastic shot and shows how comfortable these people are with rock climbing. Our subject is smiling and the climber above her who is taking the picture, might be on a sheer cliff, just as she is. They are very secure in their environment, while my toes curl with the very thought of it.
Body Count This grotesque photo was found in the public domain of the internet. The explanation for it was given as an ancestral burial ground. Some african tribes, still today, mind the bones of their ancestors, to protect themselves from evil spirits. The photograph conjures other images that we in the west find evil and horrible.
Fast-Flying Black Hole Yields Clues to Supernova Origin. (Artist's Concept) A nearby black hole is hurtling like a cannonball through the disk of our galaxy. The detection of this speed demon is the best evidence yet, some astronomers say, that stellar-mass black holes - those that are several times as massive as the Earth's Sun - are created when a dying, massive star explodes in a violent supernova. The stellar-mass black hole, called GRO J1655-40, is streaking across space at a rate of 250,000 miles per hour, which is four times faster than the average velocity of the stars in that galactic neighborhood. At that speed, the black hole may have been hurled through space by a supernova blast.
Hubble Sends Season's Greetings from the Cosmos to Earth: Looking like a colorful holiday card, this image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals a vibrant green and red nebula far from Earth, where nature seems to have put on the traditional colors of the season. These colors, produced by the light emitted by oxygen and hydrogen, help astronomers investigate the star-forming processes in nebulas such as NGC 2080. Nicknamed the "Ghost Head Nebula," NGC 2080 is one of a chain of star-forming regions lying south of the 30 Doradus nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud that have attracted special attention. These regions have been studied in detail with Hubble and have long been identified as unique star-forming sites. 30 Doradus is the largest star-forming complex in the whole local group of galaxies..
Egyptian Sphinx: The Sphinx of Giza Guardian of the Horizon, is a symbol that has represented the essence of Egypt for thousands of years. The body of the Sphinx has been buried several times over the past several thousand years. Most recently in 1905, the sand has been cleared away to expose the magnitude and beauty of the entirety of the Sphinx. Although the head of the Sphinx is badly battered in some places, traces of the original paint can still be seen near one ear. It is often erroneously assumed that the nose was shot off by Napoleon's men, but 18th century drawings reveal that the nose was missing long before Napoleon's arrival.
Mountain: Mountains are the largests land features on our planet earth. Humankind has always aspired to reach the top of mountains as this vantage point will show where the best land is. Some people don't even need a reason to seek the peek. The fact the mountain is there, in the first place, is a good enough reason to climb it.
Seminole Green Corn Dance: At the Green Corn Dance, Seminoles participate in purification and manhood ceremonies.Tribal disputes are also settled during this time. Few non-Indians have witnessed a Green Corn Dance, a special spiritual event held at undisclosed South Florida locations each spring. Most Native Americans have a similar event within their cultures, stemming from traditional expressions of gratitude to the Creator for providing food. Men and women separate into different "camps" according to their clans. In earlier times, the Green Corn Dance marked an important occassion when Seminoles from different camps and areas would get together.
Hubble's Accomplishments: Hubble's accomplishments are extraordinary. Before Hubble, distances to far-off galaxies were not well known. Questions such as how rapidly the universe is expanding, and for how long, created great controversy. Hubble data has changed all of that. As of March 2000, Hubble has:
Multiple Generations of Stars in the Tarantula Nebula: In the most active starburst region in the local universe resides a cluster of brilliant, massive stars, known to astronomers as Hodge 301. Hodge 301, seen in the lower right hand corner of this image, lives inside the Tarantula Nebula, which resides in our galactic neighbor, the Large Magellanic Cloud. Many of the stars in Hodge 301 are so old that they have exploded as supernovae. These exploded stars are blasting material into the surrounding region at speeds of almost 200 miles per second. The high-speed matter is plowing into the surrounding Tarantula Nebula, shocking and compressing the gas into a multitude of sheets and filaments, seen in the upper left portion of the picture.
The Eye of God?: This photograph of the coil-shaped Helix Nebula is one of the largest and most detailed celestial images ever made. The composite picture is a seamless blend of ultra-sharp images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope combined with the wide view of the Mosaic Camera on the National Science Foundation's 0.9-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Ariz. The image shows a fine web of filamentary "bicycle-spoke" features embedded in the colorful red and blue ring of gas. At 650 light-years away, the Helix is one of the nearest planetary nebulae to Earth. A planetary nebula is the glowing gas around a dying, Sun-like star.
Archeological Dig: Another bone picture which most people find fascinating, a dinosaur dig. The dinosaur's bones are slowly and carefully unearthed, along with the perimeter in the hopes of discovering more information about these huge land lizards that used to rule the world. Makes us wonder. If the dinos couldn't make it, what will happen to mankind, whose longevity on this planet at this time is a fraction of the time that the great beasts lived.
Peering into the Heart of the Crab Nebula: In the year 1054 A.D., Chinese astronomers were startled by the appearance of a new star, so bright that it was visible in broad daylight for several weeks. Today, the Crab Nebula is visible at the site of that bright star. Located about 6,500 light-years from Earth, the Crab Nebula is the remnant of a star that began its life with about 10 times the mass of our Sun. Its life ended on July 4, 1054 when it exploded as a supernova. In this image, the Hubble telescope has zoomed in on the center of the Crab to reveal its structure with unprecedented detail.
Panoramic Hubble Picture Surveys Star Birth, Proto-Planetary Systems in the Great Orion Nebula. This spectacular color panorama of the center of the Orion Nebula is one of the largest pictures ever assembled from individual images taken with the Hubble telescope. The seemingly infinite tapestry of rich detail revealed by Hubble shows a churning, turbulent star factory set within a maelstrom of flowing, luminescent gas. Though this 2.5-light-year-wide view is a small portion of the entire nebula, it includes a star cluster and almost all of the light from the bright glowing clouds of gas that make up the nebula.
Chickee: The chickee style of architecture - palmetto thatch over a cypress log frame - was born during the early 1800s when Seminole Indians, pursued by U.S. troops, needed fast, disposable shelter while on the run. Originally, the Seminoles lived in large villages of chickees arranged around a town square with central buildings in it, like a meeting hall and a sports field. But as the Seminoles moved south, they began living in smaller groups in remote areas of the Everglades. They also began building their houses on wooden stilts that raised the floor two or three feet off the ground. This protected their homes from flooding and swamp animals.
Seminole Woman: Originally, Seminole women wore their long hair in topknots or buns, but later they developed a distinctive hairstyle in which they fanned their hair out around a cardboard frame. The Seminoles wore elaborate tribal tattoos, but rarely painted their faces. The Seminoles didn't wear long headdresses like the Sioux. Seminole men usually shaved their heads except for a single scalplock, and sometimes they would also wear a porcupine roach. Seminole women wore wraparound skirts, usually woven from palmetto. Shirts were not necessary in Seminole culture, but men and women both wore poncho-style mantles in cool weather. Seminole men wore breechcloths. The Seminoles also wore moccasins on their feet.
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