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Air Force Colonel Joseph Kittinger, Jr. in a record-shattering free fall from the very edge of space on August 16, 1960, after jumping from a balloon-supported gondola 102,800 feet above New Mexico.
During his descent, Kittinger reached approximate speeds of 614 miles an hour. The clouds beneath him are 15 miles away. Kittinger’s leap was part of the Air Force’s “Project Excelsior,” which conducted research into high altitude bailouts from aircraft. Incredibly, almost 50 years later, Kittinger’s record for the longest-ever free fall and highest parachute jump still stand.
(Source: life)
Gus Solomons, Dancer by Harold E. (Doc) Edgerton, 1960
Impressions of Chicago - The Lights of Grant Park
Gordon H. Coster (American, 1906–1988)
Date: 1932 Medium: Gelatin silver print
Graciela Iturbide
Novia Muerte, 1990
Graciela Iturbide
Untitled from the “Asor” series
Graciela Iturbide
Jano, Ocumichu, Michoacan, 1980
Graciela Iturbide
Heroes de la Patria, 1993
Dragan Bibin. Vampire Vid visiting his wife and son in his former home. Oils on half-chalk ground on linen glued to a panel, digital finished.
