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Carl Larsson (28 May 1853 – 22 January 1919) 

Swedish painter representative of the Arts and Crafts movement. His many paintings include oils, watercolors, and frescoes. He considered his finest work to be Midvinterblot (Midwinter Sacrifice), a large painting now displayed inside the Swedish National Museum of Fine Arts. (Wikipedia)

From our stacks: Illustrations from The Angel of Death By Johan Olaf Wallin. Translated from the Swedish in the original meters by Clement B. Shaw, A.M. Illustrated by Carl Larsson. Chicago: The Engberg-Holmberg Pub. Co., 1910.

Casper Octopus (Caspar sp.), family undetermined, Nazca Ridge, off the Coast of Peru (Pacific Ocean)

Recently discovered, 2016.

photograph via: Ocean Census

Little teapot set I made :-)

labs that are also churches. to me

(1. annie dillard, teaching a stone to talk 2. the deep underground neutrino experiment, a.k.a. DUNE 3. the large hadron collider 4. the sudbury neutrino observatory)

Monkey Slug Caterpillars ( Phobetron pithecium)

Monkey Slug Caterpillars are sometimes mistaken for a hairy spider or  for moldy leaf litter. This larvae has six hairy “arms” that curl out from each side of its body which act as suction cups. While they look creepy, the Mokey Slug Caterpillar is actually harmless and its hairs do not sting.

They end up transforming into the Hag Moth.

SOURCE GIF By: http://www.strangebio.com/

Lobster Cars

Floating in still waters in the harbors of Maine, the lobster cars stand sentinel in the quiet moments between twilight and the coming darkness. Their shapes and lines recalled the ice fishing houses of Chris Becker’s childhood in Minnesota. 

See more of Chris Becker’s work here.