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This is one of Marianne's favorites. Not that small light at the top left of the towers. And if you look carefully, you can see the horizon in the distance.
And for those who came in late . . .
In 1918, Chesley Bonestell was commissioned to create a series of lithographs chronicling the construction of the government cyanamide nitrates plant in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. It would be many years before he began painting the astronomicals that made him famous, but he already had tremendous technique.
The lithographs disappeared from public view not long thereafter.
Recently, my wife, Marianne Porter, and I bought what we think is a complete set of 32 at an auction. We had electronic files made of them, which we'll be posting here, one every weekday until they're all online. Then we'll make a torrent containing the complete collection in high density form, for whomever wants them.
All the images are in public domain. You don't have to ask anybody for permission to download them and you may employ them however you wish.
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Noticed the horizon first off (well, of course; scrolling down, I saw it before the rest of the picture). For some reason, this might be my favourite of the lot. There's something so dark, and brooding, and lonely about it ...
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