Cool Pictures IV: The Awesomeness is Volatile

[Tee Kay]

Whoa, color? 1912? I really don't think so unless they're colorized.

It's a bit complicated.

 

[cardgame]

link;didn't click version:

They treat the negatives with specialized chemicals in a much longer and expensive process to bring out color.

 

[Meteor Man]

Very complicated, but awesome results. Beautiful pictures.

 

[MagisterCultuum]

They had color photography in 1912. Experimental methods of taking color photographs began in the 1840s, although they were not very good until the early 20th century.

I suspect that those photographs were made by Sergy Prokudin Gorskii, one of the pioneers of color photography who toured tsarist Russia from 1909 to 1915 making a photo documentary. The color photography technique he invented relied on combining three different monochromatic photographs taken in quick succession using different color filters.

 

[Monsterzuma]

Spoiler :

Some more for the old picture fans: hand colored lantern slides of East Hampton's Great Estates made from pictures taken in 1912.

http://www.businessinsider.com/old-gardens-of-the-hamptons-100-years-ago-2012-7

 

[cardgame]

That house looks pretty modern :O

 

[Monsterzuma]

It's only a hundred years ago.

 

[Monsterzuma]

Spoiler :

Great infographic on aging.

 

[cardgame]

 

[Meteor Man]

Spoiler :

WTH.

 

[cardgame]

SCIENCE RULES

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[Monsterzuma]

 

[Monsterzuma]

Iron Man filming.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Spoiler :

I love it.

 

[Lillefix]

I love it.

Agree. Almost makes me bi...

 

[Monsterzuma]

Spoiler :

Harley Davidsons made from old watches. (more behind the link)

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/07/old-watches-into-harleys/

 

[Monsterzuma]

 

[Monsterzuma]

Spoiler :

"Every young comrade should know their Kalashnikov."

An Eerie Tour Of The Chernobyl Nuclear Wasteland

http://www.businessinsider.com/chernobyl-an-eerie-tour-of-the-nuclear-wasteland-2012-7

 

[Meteor Man]

That's freaky. I perfect look of a world without people.

 

[Glassfan]

See, there's the genius of Keith Ledger! An insane criminal mastermind isn't so materialistically shallow as to worry about his coiffure or cosmetics.