Showing posts with label science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label science. Show all posts

Sunday, August 24, 2025

Science


The Plimpton 322 tablet by the Babylonians records Pythagorean triples, written c. 1800 BCE

Monday, June 23, 2025

Science


Drawing of the heliocentric model as proposed by the Copernicus's De revolutionibus orbium coelestium

Monday, November 18, 2019

Europe



Distribution of major languages of Europe


Gibraltar



Europa Point as seen from the Strait of Gibraltar.


Europe



Map of European colonial empires throughout the world in 1914


UK



Stonehenge in the United Kingdom (Late Neolithic from 3000–2000 BC).


Afghanistan



Band-e Haibat Lake in Afghanistan


Nepal



Coat of arms of Nepal


Sunday, November 17, 2019

Brunei



Emblem of Brunei.


India



A refugee special train in Ambala, Punjab during the partition of India in 1947


Thailand



Wat Phra Kaeo in the Grand Palace is among Bangkok's major tourist attractions.


Asia



The map of Asia in 1796, which also included the continent of Australia (then known as New Holland).


Antarctica



Map showing the territorial claim to Antarctica by Chile. Also on the map are is the 60° S Parallel, Antarctic Circle, 0/180 latitude line and (in red) the borders of the claims by other states.


Saturday, November 16, 2019

Antarctica



Red fluid pours out of Blood Falls at Taylor Glacier. The colour derives from iron oxides.


Antarctica



Topographic map of Antarctica after removing the ice sheet and accounting for both isostatic rebound and sea level rise. Hence, this map suggests what Antarctica may have looked like 35 million years ago, when the Earth was warm enough to prevent the formation of large-scale ice sheets in Antarctica.