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Found an incredible post on English Russia. There are a ton of pictures of an underground Russian submarine base. Check it out Russian Underground Submarine Base. Really amazing.

Found a great gallery of patriotic pictures taken with early cameras. The pictures are of national symbols, like the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, and various US military badges. All of the images in the photos were made up of service men and women at the start of World War 1. The formations and photographs were done by artists Arthur Mole and John Thomas. Who donated all proceeds from the sale of the photographs to the families of slain soldiers.

Check it out: People Pictures

In the above picture both the A and the B squares are actually the same color. But because of the way they are drawn, they appear to be different colors. Don’t believe they are the same color? Click this link to see a “proof” image.
The illusion is based on a study by Edward H. Adelson, a Professor of Vision Science at MIT. The study is of light perception and the human visual system. Our eyes actually see the correct colors, but our brains reinterpret them based on the surroundings.

I found the entire study fascinating, though his paper was pretty technical. Still worth reading even if like me you don’t understand all of it. So check out his paper here: Lightness Perception and Lightness Illusions

And if you want a more simplified explanation of the above picture read this: Why does the illusion work?

The above picture of me, was created using the Image Mosaic Generator. You can upload any image, and it will build a mosaic from flickr images using your image as a base. Pretty cool.

Once your image is complete, a link to download it is placed at the top of the page. Tools like this one really show the power of open platforms. Flickr has no functions like this. It is simply an image post site. But by opening up its API, cool niche applications like this can be built.

Image Mosaic Generator