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Jean-François Lauda, a10, 2012, [thanks to antonioladrillo].](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3x1d9umi51qhc235o1_1280.jpg)
Jean-François Lauda, a10, 2012, [thanks to antonioladrillo].
kill lime pie
golden hour
Jeanloup Sieff, Café de Flore, Paris, 1975. From Le Clown Lyrique.
(Reblogged from areaofinterest)
Alexander CalderBoomerang Night, 1965. Gouache on paper, 28 1/4 x 42 1/4 inches
Three small paintings, all acrylic on cardboard, by Vincent Hawkins.
Golden Gate Bridge
( Associated Press / May 26, 1937 )
In this May 27, 1937 file photo, military biplanes fly between the towers of the Golden Gate Bridge as pedestrians walk across the span during opening ceremonies in San Francisco. The bridge was heralded as an engineering marvel when it opened in 1937. It was the world’s longest suspension span and had been built across a strait that critics said was too treacherous to be bridged. But as the iconic span approaches its 75th anniversary, the engineers who have overseen it all these years say keeping it up and open has been a feat unto itself.
Apollo 10 Space Meal, 1969
This week’s Smithsonian Snapshot marks the May 18, 1969, launch of the Apollo 10 mission.
The Apollo 10 spacecraft launched from Cape Kennedy at 12:49 p.m. EST with commander Thomas Stafford, command module pilot John Young and lunar module pilot Gene Cernan. This liftoff marked the fourth Apollo launch in seven months. Its purpose was to serve as a complete dry run for the Apollo 11 mission, the first mission to land humans on the Moon.
Each crew member was supplied with three meals per day, which provided approximately 2,800 calories. This photo shows John Young’s Meal B lunch for mission Day 9. The mission only lasted eight days—he did not eat this food, but astronauts were provided extra supplies if they had to stay in space longer. It contains cocoa, salmon salad, sugar cookie cubes, grape punch and hand wipes.
Meals were sorted by day and designated for each astronaut with a corresponding piece of Velcro—white for mission commander, blue for command module pilot and red for lunar module pilot.
This meal package allows Smithsonian curators to demonstrate the special packaging and food processing required for eating in the reduced gravity of space.
This item was transferred from NASA to the National Air and Space Museum in 1981. To learn more about the Apollo 10 mission, visit the National Air and Space Museum’s Apollo Program website.
This item is one of 137 million artifacts, works of art and specimens in the Smithsonian’s collection. It is not on display. To learn more about it, visit the National Air and Space Museum’s website.
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Lena Nyadbi, Jimbala Country (2001), natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on canvas
Ladder for Booker T. Washington | Martin Puryear
Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth Texas
Photography: David Woo
