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Signs for the iconic mid century motel on the edge of Death Valley and near the U.S. atomic proving grounds.
Ruin of Hiroshima Prefectural Promotion Hall and now commonly called the Atomic Bomb Dome or A-Bomb Dome (原爆ドーム Genbaku Dōmu) is part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. The ruin of the hall serves as a memorial to the people who were killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. Over 70,000 people were killed instantly, and another 70,000 suffered fatal injuries from the radiation.
Catalog #: 10_0016023
Title: Atomic Bomb Test
Date: 1946
Additional Information: Bikini Island
Tags: Atomic Bomb Test, Bikini Island, 1946
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Las Vegas, NV. September 3, 2017. Shot on a Hasselblad Xpan II and Kodak Portra 400. Developed and scanned by The Darkroom.
The year: 1952. The place: Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The subject: one Grimelda Spellington, a potion-making, broomstick-riding, cauldron-owning old school witch. Miss Spellington decides she's tired of being persecuted by the community and having everyone in the neighborhood refer to her home as "that haunted house on the end of the block that's dragging all the property values down."
So she did what everyone did in the Fifties-- she conformed. She ditched the pointed hat and black robes, bought a new wardrobe, got her hair permed and started wearing pearls around the house.
Did it work? Let's just say the neighborhood Bridge Club was never the same after that year.
When I first sketched Grimelda I drew her wearing a neck scarf, bobby socks, Oxford shoes and a poodle skirt (except the skirt had a black cat on it instead of a dog. Com-O-Dee!) because that was an outfit in the 1950s. But then I realized that that's what teens wore, not adults. So I had to look up ladies' outfits from the 1950s until I found something suitably June Cleaver-ish.
Drawn in Photoshop on the graphic tablet.
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Catalog #: 10_0016032
Title: Atomic Bomb Test
Date: 1946
Additional Information: Bikini Island
Tags: Atomic Bomb Test, Bikini Island, 1946
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Tagged by Atomic Blythe! Thank you Daphne!:-D
Only pictures taken in 2011.
1. flickr.com/photos/44066490@N04/5392367217/,Most views
2. Pink dreams ADAD 2011, Most favs (Runner up after picture one, wich had a few more favs also, so I'm cheating a bit)
3. Last shot together..., Most comments, thank you all again for your support!!
4. Stop bugging me! ADAD 2011 Personal favorite
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youtu.be/1qNeGSJaQ9Q It’s Alive !!!
Universal Studios made themselves famous for "horror" films in the 1930s. Following the success of their Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi, Universal put out a variation on Mary Shelley's story that would become hugely influential for decades. Universal's Frankenstein. Much has already been written about this film, so this review will not attempt to cover everything. James Whale's Frankenstein was a hybrid -- partly a horror movie, but also partly a sci-fi movie. The goal of FrankenFEST is to explore the science fiction aspects of the many Frankenstein films. Some have more "science". Some are more "horror". Some are just silly.
Synopsis
Henry Frankenstein and his hunchback assistant Fritz dig up a recently buried body and take down a hanged man. Henry still needs an undamaged brain, so Fritz sneaks into a medical college to steal one. He drops the first brain-in-a-jar, so takes the second, labeled "abnormal brain." Henry has his creature assembled on a table and awaits the storm's peak for the jolt to infuse life. Just then, his fiancee, Elizabeth, friend Victor and former teacher, Professor Waldman, come knocking at the door of Henry's spooky tower. Reluctantly, he lets them in. Baited by Victor's accusation that Henry is crazy, Henry shows them his experiment. The storm peaks and the creature moves. "It's Alive!" Waldman stays to help. Victor and Elizabeth express worry to Henry's dad, Baron Frankenstein. Meanwhile, Henry shows off his creature to Waldman. It needs time to mature. However, Fritz taunts it with fire, sending the creature into a rage. It murders Fritz. It beats up Henry before Waldman injects it with anesthetic. Victor, Elizabeth and the Baron arrive and take the sick and battered Henry back to the village. Waldman stays to get rid of the monster. Before he can, the anesthetic wears off. The monster kills Waldman and escapes. In the village, all is festive, music and dancing for the wedding. Elizabeth is troubled with premonitions of doom. The monster comes across a little girl who wants a playmate. She tosses flowers in the lake to watch them float. When she's out of flowers, the monster tosses her in to float. She doesn't. The monster is upset and flees. He goes into the village and sneaks into Elizabeth's bedroom. Before he can do anything, her screams bring everyone running. He escapes unseen. Maria's father brings her dead body into town. The Burgomeister organizes three search parties to find the killer. Henry leads the mountain group. The monster finds Henry alone, knocks him out and carries him away. The mob see this and purse them to a windmill. The monster throws Henry from the upper railing, but he catches on a windmill blade, so doesn't die. The mob burn down the windmill. Henry recovers with Elizabeth's doting. The baron makes a toast to a future "son of Frankenstein." The End
The "science" in Whale's Frankenstein is mostly medical or biological. Waldman describes Henry's work as being in "chemical galvanism" and "electro-biology." Henry himself describes the key being "rays" beyond violet in the spectrum. This "Life Ray" is apparently available in electricity. Much of Henry's lab is filled with large things that spark or arc. Electricity is, in this pre-atomic world, the magical stuff that can do wonders. Compare Henry's lab and creation with Rotwang's in Metropolis ('27). The motif of the mad scientist's lab being stocked with sparky things dates back to this era.
Compared to the Novel
The main characters are retained, although the names of Henry and Victor are swapped, for some reason. Universal's screenplay was more of an adaptation of a stage play written by Peggy Webling in 1927. Her successful play had to do something similar to Edison's screenplay, in paring the story down to some basic elements. Whale's film focused more on the hubris of unfettered "science" than on the philosophical elements of creator-creature obligations. The hubris of the "mad" scientist, as a plot trope, would endure many decades into future films.
Iconic Monster -- The famous monster was a combination of make-up specialist Jack Pierce (who created the flat-top head and bolts on the neck) and the characterization given by actor Boris Karloff. Their "monster" was too captivating to the public imagination, too iconic to ever really die -- as we shall see -- that he would reappear in many later films. Little children would dress up as the monster for halloween. Parodies and spin-offs would key off the Pierce-Karloff monster.
Much of the look of the film stems from the artistic style of German Expressionism. This style is a whole topic unto itself. The stark light and dark, the use of up-lighting, the asymmetry and odd angles all enhance the feeling of instability. Nothing is soft. Nothing is "quite right." Contrast Henry's tower with the village sets. They're all normal enough, and almost Disney quaint. The normal world vs. HIS world: dark, unstable and "off". The artistic style of German Expressionism would not remain popular beyond WWII, but its visuals in association with the mad scientist's lab would endure far beyond.
Far back into the 1800s, probably not long after Shelley penned her story, people would often confuse the monster and the man. The monster, in both the novel and the 1931 movie, had no name. He was, like the novel, called only, "my creation", "the monster" or "the fiend." It was Henry who carried the family name of Frankenstein. Yet, to the public imagination, such a strong character as the monster simply could not go nameless. He was often referred to as "Frankenstein" as if that were his name. That's not the case, but it has been a common enough mistake that it has stuck. The monster is more famous than the man.The more famous character gets the name. After all, children do not dress up as Henry (or Victor) Frankenstein.
Aside from the many Expressionist visuals, there is one scene which, though brief, is an interesting inclusion of a famous painting. When the monster accosts Elizabeth in her room, just as he sneaks out, and the others burst in, note Elizabeth's position on the bed. This very brief moment is also captured on the poster art.This seems an unmistakeable visual reference to Henry Fuseli's famous 1791 painting: "Nightmare" .Maybe this something that only art history majors might enjoy, but it was an interesting bit for Whale to include.
A curious note, is how much Frankenstein as a story had become intertwined with the classic vampire story: Dracula. For one, Universal released them both in 1931. Beyond proximity, Universal had originally cast Bela Lugosi as the monster, but he declined the part. Lugosi would, however, end up playing the monster in a few later iterations. As well, Webling's play, which served as source material, also followed a successful Dracula production by the same star. The two characters sprang from very different literary roots and told very different cautionary tales, yet, they would become paired in the popular imagination, as if they were somehow brothers.
Universal's 1931 Frankenstein is a movie classic that is not to be missed. It is a well-told and well-paced story, but more importunely, it is foundational to almost all the Frankenstein films to come.
There is one store and one bar in Atomic City; the store no longer sells gasoline, due to new laws pertaining to its underground gas tanks. Most of the people who were raised in the town have now passed on, and many of the current residents are retired. There is an RV park on the south end of town with full hook-ups, and stock car races are held in the summer.pop.25
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The Atomic Arrow is an extremely fast speeder bike named after its dart-like shape and neon-green glow. Equipped with a gamma fusion engine, hard-light stabilizer wings, and powerful thrusters, this lean, mean, racing machine was built for speed! You can see it here racing down the Nightline City Raceway at breakneck speeds piloted by its rider Jade Lightning.
This is my Nightline City entry for the Lego Speeder Bikes Racing League contest.
Lanzamiento de disco "Sights of Suffering" de la legendaria banda de Death Metal Chileno "ATOMIC AGGRESSOR".
Lugar: Club Kmasú Premiere
Fecha: 25 de abril de 2015.
Gomphrena 'Atomic Purple'
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.2 Aspherical
Kenko Black Mist Protector
Grain setting: S1
Nikon Imaging Recipe: "Tender Clear" by Fuka Kamata
I have received several of my prototype models.
Know that these are Shapeways grade plastic prototypes and as a result are not as durable as ABS Plastic.
I am posting them to help raise both awareness, and increase funding to get these and many like them made in plastic.
In the pile you will see.
Plasma Percision Rifles
Fusion Rifles
Plasma Disruption Rifles
Shell Barrage Shotguns
Phalanx Shields
Tri Burst SMGs
Heavy Carbines
Valkyrie Sniper Rifles
Anti Infantry Rifles
If you are tagged please pick any 3 you would like. Thank you for your support
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in a vintage melmac bowl
martha stewart's chocolate shortbread recipe
with royal icing and dragee pearls
to accompany a performance of Doctor Atomic
Taken from Hengistbury head looking towards the Isle of Wight.I love clouds like that just beautiful !
**fazooooom** – last minute entry for The Future That Never Was.
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Don't forget to get your daily dose of potassium! There are lots of good sources besides bananas.
Potassium is a mineral with an atomic number of 19. That means it has 19 protons (and 19 electrons when neutral). It is important for cellular health. It helps your nerves, muscles, and heart to function properly.
Blythe a Day - nineteen - 4/19/24
Lena Elena Middie Blythe Doll, released August 2013
Top made by me
banana eraser
Collage made in BeFunky
1950s/1960s vintage atomic light switch cover. Cool 50s/60 retro amoeba shape. I think it was either Teak or Walnut. These were at an Estate Sale and I wanted these so BAD, but they were $11 each - and there was a bidding war for them, so I had to pass. Sorry for the super bad picture quality, it was taken with a cell phone camera.