Visualising hypothetical worlds
Giornale Nuovo displays unusual images from hypothetical lands.The IT consultant living in Sweden, devotes some pages promoting graphic art, especially that of Luigi Serafini.  Weird and wonderful images of a topography of the mind.

Illustrations of the evolution of life
The illustrations of the biologist and illustrator Ernst Haeckel are being offerd by Kurt Stübers' site. The brilliant images, depicting the evolution of life can be downloaded there, viewed or the updated book (Kunstformen der Natur/Art forms of nature) can be purchased.

War Casualties
Casualty maps lets you view the progression of US military casualties from the Iraq war. Strange feeling, that with each click 30 more casualties are displayed. Good Google map hack.

Winter counts is an online exhibit by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. The indigenous people of America, the Lakota, marked their lives by drawing pictures of special events on calenders which are known as winter counts.The Flash site leads through the history and culture and explains who the Lakota were and how they lived. It has a very nice way of counterposing old photography with their original paintings.

National Geographic is presenting an interactive atlas of the human journey according to genographic research.

The Australian features a 'weird picture' gallery.

Images of the microcosm can be viewed in this gallery. Pictures from the scanning electron microscopy lab can be seen here.The
dinoflagellates especially are fascinating

For the visual fan: Viperlibis is 'a web-based resource library of images and presentation material illuminating the study of visual perception'. Images are free for non-profit usages, all can contribute.

Not in the business of flogging cars or promoting ads, but this one is a beaut, the fake of the same brand is not funny at all.(via zeitwissen:log)

The Online Art of Science Competition by Princeton University features many wonderful images. Crystal growth in pentagons and Mandelbrot icy patterns are just a few. Soak up the micro-universe.