Photos: Soviet Era like in Space. Following this previous article ‘Photos: Soviet Era, like frozen in time‘ by Russian photographer Danila Tkachenko, here is a more intimate approach, almost in a case, of machines linked to the Soviet Era: 2017, Project “Lost Horizon”.
Model of the first artificial satellite of the Earth. St-Petersburg, 2016Model of the rocket which carried the first cosmonaut into space. Moscow, 2016Marx generator for high-energy physics experiments. Moscow Oblast, 2016Hotel ”Saucer”. Dombai, 2016
Summary list of the photos
Model of the first artificial satellite of the Earth. St-Petersburg, 2016
Model of the rocket which carried the first cosmonaut into space. Moscow, 2016
Marx generator for high-energy physics experiments. Moscow Oblast, 2016
Hotel ”Saucer”. Dombai, 2016
More photographies of Soviet Era like in Space by Russian photographer Danila Tkachenko, from the project “Lost Horizon” on the author’s website.
These pretty Neolithic stones come from Scotland, Ireland, England and, generally, from the North of the British Isles; they were found two centuries ago.
Relatively round, engraved, these neolithic stones from Scotland are called “Carved stone balls” and are dated from 3000 to 5000 years. Their function or usefulness remains, to date, unknown. However, it is possible for us to imagine: a game, a currency, or even a symbol of property, perhaps land, or even religious. Presumably, we can bet artificial intelligence will be able to guide us and teach us more in the years to come, on this discovery.
Then these spheroid shapes have been scanned, and are now available for us in 3D on the National Museums Scotland page. Photogrammetry, a discipline that I always appreciated, is used for its finesse of observation, thanks to the details that are revealed, and for the ease of consultation online, by computer, for more.
Here we’ll find some of them:
Carved Stone Ball, Fordoun, Kincardineshire. A late Neolithic (c.3200-2500 cal BC) carved stone ball with 9 incised discs.
Carved stone ball, Towie, Aberdeenshire. A Late Neolithic (3200-2500 cal BC) carved stone ball with four knobs. Three of the knobs are incised with exceptionally fine motifs, including spirals and concentric circles. Some of the interspaces have also been decorated.
Locality: Glass Hill, Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Weight: 532.5g Diameter: 76.2mm.
Decorated carved stone ball, nr Elgin. A Late Neolithic (3200-2500 cal BC) carved stone ball with four knobs. Two of its knobs are decorated with spirals.
Locality: nr Elgin, Scotland. Weight: 519.7g Diameter: 74mm.
This carved stone ball, has six knobs, one decorated with incised lines, late Neolithic (3200-2500 cal BC).
The ceremonial Helmet of Amfreville, in current Normandy, – 250 BC | By Siren-Com — Personnal work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
Made with gold, bronze, iron and enamel. White or pink gold has corroded, only the purest gold parts remain. | Dimensions: 23 centimetres (9.1 inches) , 16.5 centimetres (6.5 inches) long and 16 centimetres (6.2 inches) deep.
In addition, here is a 3D rendering:
3D rendering of the Amfreville helmet, made by Jean-René Chatillon.
Made of an iron hull, with bronze ornamental strips and a decoration in light relief, entirely covered with 99% pure gold leaf, as well as many corals circling the circumference of the helmet and the cap. Dimensions: 21.4 centimetres (8.4 in) high, 23 by 19 centimetres (9.1 by 7.5 in) wide. Cheek-guard: 9.4 by 7.6 centimetres (3.7 by 3.0 in).
In conclusion, you will find another item in this tweet
Sanglier de Soulac-sur-Mer (Gironde) #Gaulois#Celts#art#bronze Cette sculpture en bronze date de l’époque de la Tène (450-25 av JC). Cet objet est une enseigne militaire. Pour les gaulois, le sanglier était un animal sacré. pic.twitter.com/ZVbuUiOaXB
Less farless in his project, less distant « Lands at the Edge of the World, Southern Kuril Islands, Chukotka, Kamchatka, 2005-2015 ». This puts the light on a strange and strong landscape from an extreme climate into polar siberian zone up north Russia; with emblems from soviet union stucked and eroded in the far reaches of the arctic latitudes.
Shadings of multiple greys with some touches of colors, here and there.
