“I am a friend, comrades, a friend!” — Yuri Gagarin’s first words upon returning to earth, to a woman and a girl near where his capsule landed. (12 April 1961) The woman asked: “Can it be that you have come from outer space?” to which Gagarin replied: “As a matter of fact, I have!” (via asonlynasacan)
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Today we look at a photograph of Edwin Hubble made in 1937 — arguably the single greatest photo ever made of a scientist at work.
(Margaret Bourke-White—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
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Ballerina VI by vanessa.paxton on Flickr.
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Gracie in a Madaline Cape for Fiona Heather online boutique.
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Trafalgar Square, London c. 1898 (via National Media Museum)
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one of the ghouls making his way through the cemetary
Catbus!
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Precarious Remorse, c. 1900s (via A Pastel Storm)
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“New York circa 1909. Lady Richardson, The British dancer and writer Constance Stewart-Richardson (1883–1932)” (via)
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