Arp 148, shown here, is the staggering aftermath of an encounter between two galaxies, resulting in a ring-shaped galaxy and a long-tailed companion. This image is part of a large collection of 59 photos of merging galaxies taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Source: MSNBC
In 1897 Wyatt and Josie Earp moved to Nome, Alaska where they operated a saloon during the height of the Alaska Gold Rush. This photo was taken by Scott Raynor during a recent trip to Nome....
Wyatt and Josie Earp returned to the states in 1901 with earnings estimated at $80,000 and immediately headed for the gold strike in Tonopah, Nevada....
Taken April 18, 1906, this is the most famous photo of the destruction of San Francisco by earthquake and fire on April 18, 1906. After his camera was damaged during the earthquake, Arnold Genthe borrowed a hand-held camera from George Kahn, his dealer, and started taking pictures of the disaster. The most memorable is this one, showing enormous clouds of smoke ominously approach, buildings’ facades collapsed from the quake, and residents standing and sitting in the street…
The ‘Second Great Fire of London is commemorated in a famous photograph taken from the roof of the Daily Mail building by Herbert Mason, in which the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral rises above clouds of black smoke.
Photographer: Herbert Mason
The earliest surviving photograph, c. 1826. It required an eight-hour exposure, which resulted in sunlight on both sides of the buildings.
