Insanely Awesome

Image from Shackleton Antarctica expedition, 1915
(Courtesy Retronaut.co)

Thanks to Khoi over at Subtraction, I just got hip to the wonders of Retronaut. The site features collections of vintage images, including rare, antique photography, covering a wide range of topics. My first intro to the site was a collection of photographs--in color, no less--from Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic, almost one hundred years ago. As a storehouse of encapsulated historical imagery, Retronaut must be considered a resource of inestimable value--not to mention a dynamite, terrific idea for a website. That is so much the case that I am adding the site's home page to my Sausage Factory over there at the right. If you have any interest at all in history, photography, visual arts, or the intersection of any of those, do yourself a favor and check Retronaut out.