This is so exquisite. The atmosphere is very poetic yet calm in this work.

Gibbon reaching for reflection of the moon
Author: Ohara, Koson (Japanese, 1877-1945)
Date: 1910-1930s
Medium: Color woodblock print
Location: Freer and Sackler Galleries, The Smithsonian’s Museums of Asian Art

Wonderful! I’ll have to check those bats flying in our garden, what kind of fairies they have riding on their back. 😉

Thanks for posting about this. Actually I live not so very far from this church and I haven’t visited it yet. This summer, it might be a good destination to visit on a day trip.

Erika Vikman, Queen of the Night 🔥Go for it🔥 Tonight in the #eurovisionsongcontest. Thinking of her, I chose the dramatic black-red-white #nationalcostume fabric from Elimäki with the black vintage rose of power to wish her success this evening in #Basel.

This photo has it all!

Wow! Just look at this photo of the Milky Way taken by astronaut Don Pettit on the ISS. Taken with a homemade tracker to counteract the orbital motion. It kind of looks like an aurora, but that's actually just clouds just before dawn. The purple colour comes from nitrogen scattering sunlight. 🧪🔭

A 'copy' of the Magna Carta, the medieval English document that has formed the basis of constitutions around the world, owned by Harvard Law School is actually an exceedingly rare original, British researchers have said

Congratulations KAJ & Sweden! See you on Saturday in the sauna 🔥 #eurovisionsongcontest. This fabric is a detail of #nationalcostume of Vörå or Vöyri in Finland, the home place of #KAJ. A wool fabric woven in grosgrain, with shining colours like jewels. Very beautiful!

In some landscapes you can't walk far without stumbling across #prehistory!

This is one of the dozens of Bronze Age round barrows around the village of Aldbourne in Wiltshire, SW England

#TombTuesday

🏺📸 My own #archaeology #landscape #ancientbluesky #photooftheday

Down the Memory Lane some 30 yrs ago. A beautiful day in Paris. Although my work at Oprikka is based on Finnish culture & heritage, it’s so inspiring to visit other countries. That feeling of excitement can carry over decades. #Paris #memorylane

Great initiative, love those photos, each model giving their special character to the picture.

💙 #mygirlwithapearl - The most unique and beautiful portraits by Stichting Pim

So beautiful. The colours are enhancing each other very well.

#GlassObjectThursday
Glorious multi-coloured glass bowl found somewhere in Vesuvian area in the 19th C.
Late 1st C BC - early 1st C AD.
Possibly favourite ever everyday #Roman object, which is saying a lot.
In MANN National Archaeological Museum Naples.

Firefighters at the Vatican have installed a chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel to be used during the conclave that begins on 7 May

Happy 1st of May! Traditional elements combined: daffodil ”Actaea” with its orange-yellow centre matches perfectly with this vibrant national costume fabric from Suur-Ulvila, Finland. Do you, too, think they are a beautiful match?

Good Night World

🎉 We’re celebrating our 50th birthday on 30 May! For half a century, we’ve been serving Europe, inspiring its citizens and exploring the cosmos. Check out our #50YearsOfESA web site for stories, archive images and details of events coming up in the year.

🔗 esa.int/About_Us/50_...

Beltaine, also known as May Day (1st May), marks the beginning of summer in pagan & Gaelic calendars. It's marked with Maypole dancing, bonfires, fertility rituals (👀) & by making posies & leaving them at the doors of those you love.
Merry May Day 🌿-some May posies my daughters made 8 years ago:

This Sussex Marble is a limestone composed of the fossil shells of a freshwater snail Viviparus (Paludina) from the Weald clay formation.
#Bexhill

Hyvää Mikael Agricolan päivää!

Agricolan ansiosta meille on säilynyt vanhin tunnettu kuvaus keväisestä oluenjuontirituaalista, Ukon vakoista. Tarkoitus oli turvata viljan kasvu, mutta juhlissa edistettiin myös muunlaista hedelmällisyyttä. /1

The moment has come to say goodbye to Gaia! 🥹

🐮Moo! Don't forget to join us every Friday at the museum for an exclusive Q&A session with our art conservators.

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