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  Portrait of Felix Nadar (1820-1910), Photographer and Aeronautical Scientist

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  • 71 comments
  • 447 favorites
  • 94,687 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 19:10:24
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-16
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, felixnadar, hotairballoon, aeronauticalscientist, basket, tophat, quirky, gaspardfélix, tournachon, french, photographer, xixcentury, 19thcentury, nadar, portrait, 1910, moustache, studio, binoculars, sky, clouds, weave, weights, sandbags, steampunk, photographers, gaspardfélixtournachon, commons:event=commonground2009, flight, science, airballoon, old, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• Orion Nebula: Peering into the Orion Nebula

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  • 5 comments
  • 155 favorites
  • 62,993 views
  • Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:34:18
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, orionnebula, chandra, nubes, gas, polvo, hubble, estrella, m42, diffusenebula, greatnebula, stars, beautiful, endless, spacestarsvastnesscolorbeautyamazinggodsolarsystemnebulaegalaxyclusy, space, cosmos, sky, galaxy, galxey, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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• Corona of the Sun during a Solar Eclipse

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  • 19 comments
  • 178 favorites
  • 54,275 views
  • Date uploaded: 2008-05-29
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, solar, eclipse, corona, solareclipse, éclipse, solaire, lune, moon, sonne, sun, soleil, astronomy, astronomie, espace, space, univers, universe, sky, ciel, nature, darkness, light, dark, full, smithsonianinstitutionarchives
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• Kwakiutl House Frame

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  • 0 comments
  • 32 favorites
  • 45,774 views
  • Date taken: 2008-09-04 13:30:21
  • Date uploaded: 2008-09-08
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, edwatdscurtis, kwakiutl, house, canada, britishcolumbia, wooden, edwardcurtis, edwardscurtis, houseframe, logs, sky, blackandwhite, photograph, building, industry, statue, water, mountians, nativeamerican, trees, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• The supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy.

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  • 9 comments
  • 72 favorites
  • 44,008 views
  • Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:34:55
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, sagittariusa, astralphotography, chandraxrayobservatory, sgra, blackhole, centerofourgalaxy, chandra, space, spiralgalaxy, supermassiveblackhole, chandraimage, galaxy, star, stars, sky, nebula, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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• NGC 3576: Massive Stars Revealed by Chandra

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  • 5 comments
  • 46 favorites
  • 38,023 views
  • Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:33:42
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, ngc3576, chandra, xea, gascloud, stars, nebula, nasa, xraytelescope, galaxy, space, gas, telescope, star, sky, explosion, bursts, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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• Centaurus A: Jet Power and Black Hole Assortment Revealed in New Chandra Image

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  • 3 comments
  • 35 favorites
  • 35,699 views
  • Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:29:14
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, centaurusa, cena, blackhole, chandratelescope, longexposure, chandra, longexposures, space, astronomy, celestial, cloud, colors, matter, stars, nebula, galaxy, star, constellation, red, colorful, dustinsky, sky, whitelin, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory, a2fp
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• A young star cluster 6000 light years from Earth in the constellation Vela.

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  • 0 comments
  • 24 favorites
  • 35,173 views
  • Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:34:45
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, rcw38, chandra, constellation, vela, starburst, space, universe, astrophotography, starcluster, falsecolor, xray, sky, blue, red, lights, light, green, aqua, colors, explosion, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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• Photograph of birds on antenna supports for LORAN tower on Sand-Johnston Island, 1963.

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  • 1 comment
  • 65 favorites
  • 34,956 views
  • Date taken: 2013-08-09 09:40:29
  • Date uploaded: 2013-10-17
  • Tags: smithsonian, smithsonianinstitutionarchives, sky, water, reflections, loran, longrangenavigation, lorantower, loranstation, johnsonatoll, sandisland, johnsonsandisland
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• An active star-forming region 160,000 light years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado.

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  • 1 comment
  • 8 favorites
  • 29,743 views
  • Date taken: 2008-09-30 10:27:36
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-14
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, thetarantulanebula30doradus, largemagellaniccloud, milkyway, dorado, starformingregion, galaxycluster, chandra, nebula, sky, lmc, star, purple, orange, gasclouds, starformations, blue, red, space, black, outerspace, galaxy, documenting, yellow, colorful, abstract, stars, smithsonianastrophysicalobservatory
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• Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial: Dayton, Tennessee, High School

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  • 0 comments
  • 4 favorites
  • 27,029 views
  • Date taken: 2008-09-23 16:41:07
  • Date uploaded: 2008-09-29
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, scopesmonkeytrial, highschoolwhereevolutionwastaught, scopesmonkeytrialschool, schoolfromcourtcaseaboutevolution, tennesseehighschool, groundbreakingcase, building, powerpole, telephonepole, road, dirtroad, house, blackwhite, twostorybuilding, scopes, lafollette, dayton, tennessee, blackandwhite, old, dark, mysterious, tree, sky, abandoned, lonely, watsondavis, smithsonianinstitutionarchives
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• Aston Knight

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  • 1 comment
  • 11 favorites
  • 17,611 views
  • Date taken: 2006-01-31 11:36:47
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-02
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, astonknight, house, rural, shingles, touringcar, country, family, farmhome, fachwerkhausoldtimer, leavingthegingerbreadhouse, barn, windows, window, sky, roof, chimney, old, picture, photograpg, photograph, archivesofamericanart
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• Aerial Photography, William J. Clinton Presidential Inauguration, aerial Mall, (depicting area of NASM towards Washington Monument), TENTS

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  • 7 comments
  • 15 favorites
  • 17,473 views
  • Date taken: 1993-01-20 09:08:48
  • Date uploaded: 2009-01-16
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, carlhansen, presidentwilliamjclinton, aerialphoto, inauguration, president, washingtonmonument, 1993, nationalmall, callforreunion, morninginwashington, billclinton, 20thcentury, washington, capital, arial, inaguration, aerial, photo, sky, smithsonianinstitutionarchives
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• Untitled

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  • 4 comments
  • 9 favorites
  • 16,587 views
  • Date taken: 2005-06-16 10:17:04
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-13
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, trees, sky, grass, evergreentree, birds, smithsonianinstitutionarchives
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• Untitled

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  • 3 comments
  • 9 favorites
  • 15,590 views
  • Date taken: 2005-06-16 10:33:11
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-13
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, dc, washingtondc, generalpostoffice, fstreet, nw, chinatown, hotelmonaco, thomassmillie, tariffcommissionbuilding, robertmills, thomasuwalter, thomasustickwalter, 1839, 1890, cyanotype, smillie, building, earlyphography, street, sky, horse, smithsonianinstitutionarchives
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• Henry Pember Smith

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  • 1 comment
  • 8 favorites
  • 9,059 views
  • Date uploaded: 2009-02-02
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, henrypembersmith, 1900, paintbrushes, painting, painter, artist, sepia, pose, gentleman, background, waves, sky, smith, pember, paint, brushes, moustache, old, seppia, archivesofamericanart
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• Abbott Handerson Thayer, his home, and studio

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  • 0 comments
  • 5 favorites
  • 6,545 views
  • Date uploaded: 2008-10-07
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, artist, studio, photograph, home, house, blackandwhite, architecture, trees, sky, tree, architect, contrast, lowview, castle, old, archivesofamericanart
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