Smithsonian Institution

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Welcome to the Smithsonian Institution! The Smithsonian is happy to join the Flickr community. We look forward to your tags, comments, and general participation in this new venture. We will be adding more photos on a regular basis and hope you will often return to visit us. The Smithsonian and Photography Photography predates the founding of the Smithsonian by just a few years. The introduction of various photographic processes in the 1830s culminated in the development of the daguerreotype in 1839. From its founding in 1846, the Smithsonian adopted the camera to advance its mission, cataloging plant and animal species and documenting the grandeur of the American landscape and the continent’s original inhabitants. Photography brought the faraway near and made visible the previously invisible. Many of our photographs also serve as a historical record of the growth of the Institution.

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Supernova Bubble Resembles Holiday Ornament: A supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which lies about 160,000 light years from Earth.

from Smithsonian Institution

  • 19 older comments, and then…
  • historygradguy said:
    wow, I think it more resembles a single celled organism
  • kris ツ said:
    Wow, it is so freaking amazing. Again, thanks for posting all of these, Smithsonian.
  • Clean Ocean said:
    nice capture……
  • AlexanderC902 said:
    Very, very great imaging!
  • Lukas Sroka said:
    Amazing

The captain and crew during the Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expedition, 1956

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  • Mark Faviell said:
    great casual moment with the crew
  • Flickr said:
    Congrats on Explore! ⭐ January 15, 2024
  • Sigurd Krieger said:
    Congrats on Xplore!!
  • gato-gato-gato said:
    Sehr gut.
  • Ian Betley said:
    Congrats on Explore! ❤📷❤ great image! regards.

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  • Unique Coil said:
    thats a fine picture so much emotion and joy
  • Chris Yarzab said:
    PERCIVAL BRYAN AUTOGRAPH ALBUM BOOK transcription.si.edu/project/6919
  • Flickr said:
    Congrats on Explore! ⭐ January 15, 2024
  • Sigurd Krieger said:
    Congrats on Xplore!!
  • gato-gato-gato said:
    Klasse.

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