Vintage science

<n>Pulsar</n>, a 2016 cyanotype print by artist <n>Lia Halloran</n>.

A collection of botanical photographs by artist <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>.

The first photographs of the aurora borealis, taken by physicist <n>Kristian Birkeland</n> in 1910.

Diffraction patterns for natural and synthetic fibers

Plates from <n>Color Schemes from Geology, Mineralogy and Botany</n> (1781) by <n>Martinus van Marum</n> and <n>Jan van der Uibelakers</n>.

X-ray diffraction patterns of synthetic fibers including <n>Velon</n>, <n>Saran</n>, and <n>Vinyon</n>.

<n>American Elm Print</n>. A block print in black ink on natural paper.

A 19th-century marbled paper known as the <n>Fantasy pattern</n>.

Bioart by <n>N.A. McFall</n> from <n>Well Public Studio</n>.

A 2011 photograph by <n>Caitlin Prof</n> of a <n>Paenibacillus dendritiformis</n> bacterial colony.