oh lovely science!

 "1939 snapshot of orion"

If you need convincing that science can be as striking as a work of art - check out airform's science flickr set. It is such a gorgeous (and informative) collection of images.

Airform's flickr is here and his blog, "Airform Archives," is here.

This hand drawn "Phases of the Moon" was taken from a kid's notebook dated 1910.

 

 "images of mars as seen during different seasons"

"butterfly wings through a microscope"

 "an illustration from an article on telemetry in a 1950 issue of electronics world"

"eyemap from a 1964 issue of scientific american"

 

"images from soap bubbles by c.v.boys, 1911"