Colma: The Town of The Dead

South of San Francisco, near Daly City, lies the small town of Colma where the dead outnumbers the living by a thousand to one. It’s less than 2 square miles in size, but crammed within it are as many as 17 cemeteries where rest the bodies of more than 1.5 million souls.

Society Of The Dead: Satirical Illustrations

Pawel Kuczynski was born in 1976 in Szczecin. He graduated the Fine Arts Academy in Poznan with specialization in graphics. Since 2004 he deals with satirical illustration, and so far he has been rewarded with 92 prizes and distinctions.

Dead Tree

Inside the FBI’s Colossal Fingerprint Factory

Before the FBI went digital, it looked a little more like a giant stock warehouse for Amazon.com. In the 1920s, the bureau was only employing 25 workers to classify around 800,000 print cards, but by 1943, there were more than 20,000 employees sorting through 70 million fingerprints.

A Researcher

A researcher from the Israeli Geological Institute of Limnological Research sails on the research ship Taglit, during their monthly research of the Dead Sea water level near the Dead Sea coastal resort of Ein Gedi, Israel.

Time, September 14, 2001. The Twin Towers During The Terrorist Attacks

RIP

The Salt Formations Of The Dead Sea