The sequel to Postergasm I, here I drop various images of various things for various purposes. As with the first post the high-res versions are optimized to print on an 11 x 17 sheet — not exactly movie-poster size, but large enough to be noticeable.
After the fold, miscellaneous posters along with descriptions. Enjoy!
For starters we have the electromagnetic spectrum. This is actually a cut/copy/paste job of something originally done in Canada. The graphics were the biggest reason I used it, though eventually I think I’ll replace it with something larger and with better resolution.
Electromagnetic spectrum PDF, 1.8 MB
Every once in a while you’ll hear someone claim that they have a mystical power that uses an energy “unknown to science”. The electromagnetic spectrum calls bullshit.
The EM spectrum is one of the ways we know there’s no such thing as chi energy, or the stuff that Reiki is supposed to work with — there are no gaps in the spectrum wherein some kind of spooky action-at-a-distance energy might be found.
Next we have some mosaics from HST. The first one combines the spectacular imagery of an erupting star with a hell of a fine shot of M31, the large spiral galaxy in Andromeda.
This second mosaic combines the Crab nebula (a supernova remnant) with a dense cluster of galaxies — in Hercules, if memory serves. In the lower image, almost every object is a galaxy. Think about that.
The penultimate image is a famous one — the periodic table of the elements, graphically. Each element is presented as a photo object, not simply as a dry list of numbers indicating atomic weight and so on.
The PTE is how we know there aren’t “unknown metals” or similar silliness from SF (as in, “The alien spaceship’s hull is made of an alloy completely unknown to us!”). As with the EM spectrum, there’s no room for unknown elements to exist, not even in the transuranics. (This one is a JPEG; right-click to open it full-size in another window.)
Finally, the poster that began it all — something from the Depression-era Works Progress Administration advising New York residents to keep their living areas clean.
Keep your premises clean PDF, 1.1 MB
This poster is great from the ironic perspective — the idea of blaming tenement residents for the squalor in which they live, rather than the ruinous rent they’re charged or their landlords’ unwillingness to take on maintenance, is classic Voice of Privilege.
And of course, for something to be hung up in a kid’s room, it’s just ideal.
Shimy!
I have a whole sub-folder in my pics folder of scientific charts and mini-posters and such like this.(And some sci-fi stuff as well - google image search is an awesome tool!)
When I was temporarily back with my folks in ‘05-’06, I had most printed out and plastered over my wall. The ENTIRE WALL next to my bed.
Burned through a whole (expensive) color ink cartridge making them.
And they were taped and pinned up - most I had to leave behind and they got trashed when my old room became my kids (and their cousins) room for visits.
(But my oldest daughter has some similar stuff…mixed in with the Pokemon and LOLkitty stuff….
But I still have the folder - I could zip it and send it along to you.
I *LOVE* this geeky stuff!!!
(Stuff like this
Also compadre! Glad to see you have the scarlet letter!
- bryce
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Yeah, must have the A. I guess I’m just an A-hole that way.
I suppose I’ll catch hell, eventually, for the deliberate nerdification of whatever poor helpless kid has the misfortune to get matched with me — that remains to be seen, though. At least there appears to be some progress on the agency transition.
Yo WO, the Crab is in Taurus FWIW.
Sorry, I wasn’t referring to the Crab Nebula, but the galactic group beneath it. I think that’s in Hercules.