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‘It could become an indispensable safety device for outdoor enthusiasts – a cellphone that warns you to take cover if lightning is heading your way.’

‘Imagine a planet photographed from above the South Pole. The atmosphere is zooming around this still point in a regular way, driven partly by the Coriolis Effect…’

In the mid 19th century, two powerful forces–the march of technology and the gaining momentum of the Spiritualist movement–led to a strange alliance of photography and the supernatural and the birth of “spirit photography”.

The juggler J.T. Doyle circa 1902.

via BLDGBLOG: ‘Both chapels were severely damaged during the war and the Episcopal Chapel was finally demolished in 1955 and replaced by a walled rose garden, the catacombs below were undamaged and remain intact and accessible today.’