"Russian Winter". Moscow-based Artist Filipp Vyacheslavovich Kubarev (b.1969).

look at this beautiful new planet discovered by a 17 year old three days into their NASA internship

//Wet Specimens from the Natural History Museum- lizards and various marine animals preserved in formaldehyde//

don't care didn't ask plus this hole you put me in wasn't deep enough and i'm climbing out right now

i just feel like having these on my blog before i go

Apollinary Vasnetsov, The habitation of a hermit, 1901.

Olga Smirnova

La dame aux camelias

photo: Kiran West

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HISTORY MEME | 1/10 moments: Jadwiga is Crowned King of Poland.

The coronation ceremony that took place in the Wawel Cathedral in Krakow on 16 October 1384 was truly a splendid event: Polish nobles spared no expenses and the grandeur of the coronation impressed everyone present. But the historical significance was even greater. For one thing, the young girl who was being crowned (only 11 years old at the time) was to go down in history as one of Poland’s greatest and most beloved Monarchs. And for another, the aforementioned lady was crowned not as Queen of Poland (as would be expected considering her gender) but as King.

There is no humorous tale of a mix-up: the decision was made for quite practical reasons. Polish law was very specific that the ruler had to be King – but it did not state the King had to be a male. And so instead of re-writing the law and to emphasise the fact Jadwiga was a ruler in her own right, it was decided she should be crowned as Hedvig Rex Poloniæ (Hedwig, King of Poland) and not Hedvig Regina Poloniæ (Hedwig, Queen of Poland).