Hot Air Balloon Moving Into The Clouds
Color Photograph - Copyright 2008 Bob Orsillo The hot air balloon is the oldest successful human-carrying flighttechnology. On November 21, 1783, in Paris, France, the firstmanned flight was made by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier andFrançois Laurent d'Arlandes in a hot air balloon created by theMontgolfier brothers. A hot air balloon consists of a bag called the envelope that is capable of containing heated air. Suspended beneath is the gondola orwicker basket (in some long-distance or high-altitude balloons, acapsule) which carries the passengers and a →
The Mind Gift Shop Portland Maine
"The Mind" From the Portland At Dusk Series. Copyright© 2008 Bob Orsillo
Film Short – Mr. Nixon Saves The World 1984
Mr. Nixon Saves The World - Copyright 1984 Bob Orsillo
Alien Autopsy
Alien Autopsy - Illustration about Alien Abduction by Bob Orsillo. Copyright ©2008 Bob Orsillo. Inspired by the first hand Alien Abduction accounts and the Area 51 Alien Autopsy Bob Orsillo created this haunting illustration to remind us we are not alone. See more pictures of the Alien Autopsy illustration [ Here ] and for a limited time on Ebay.
AT THE NATIONAL PALACE, MEXICO CITY
AT THE NATIONAL PALACE, MEXICO CITY A poem by Katherine Solomon I could see her face, my husband says. I couldn’t see anything. My eyes were clenched in pain, but I can see now how it might have looked to the pretty Mexican guard. She couldn’t tell what we were doing, he says. It might have been illicit. It might have been against the law or injurious to Diego Rivera’s →
Owls Are Special Birds
Animation Copyright 2008 Bob Orsillo Description from Wikipedia Owls have large forward-facing eyes and ear-holes, a hawk-likebeak, a flat face, and usually a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disc. Although owls havebinocular vision, their large eyes are fixed in their sockets, as with other birds, and they must turn their entire head to change views. The smallest owl is the Elf Owl (Micrathene whitneyi), at as little as →
Lightning and the Time Temperature Building
August rain and few lightning bolts. View of the Time & Temperature Building from Commercial Street in Portland, Maine. Photograph by Bob Orsillo - Copyright ©2008 Bob Orsillo
The Lady and The Horse
The Lady and The Horse from the Dream Sequence. Photography by Bob Orsillo - Copyright © 2008 Bob Orsillo
Own a Piece of New Hampshire History
A home where dreams can come true! A place for family ~ A place for friends ~ A place for your business ~ A place for you to →
LAME TOURIST A Poem by Katherine Solomon
LAME TOURIST Leaning against the grey stone wall of the Bancomer in Oaxaca City, I feel like a messy sketch ripped from my own notebook of a tourist skewed and blurry, smudged by pain. The narrow ledge, ephemeral wall, of shadow I stand in lies like a cool shelf over the stone sidewalk. Conversations melt into heat and sounds I make no sense of as rushing people jostle me trying to snatch just →
Seagull Drama
Seagull Drama. When seagulls are not forcing you to wear a hat or covering your car with white stuff, they like to eat, but their favorite pass-time is fighting over food. This one must taste better than the many others laying on the ground to the right. Copyright © Bob Orsillo
black and white Orange Still Life
Three Oranges and Three Orange slices - photographed by Bob Orsillo on 4x5 Polaroid sheet film. Oranges are pretty interesting if look at them. And tasty. Again we are back at Wikipedia for what I think you find interesting stuff about these little fellows. Orange Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Subclass: Rosidae Order: Sapindales Family: Rutaceae Genus: Citrus Species: C. sinensis Binomial name Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck[1] Orange, raw, Florida Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) Energy 50 kcal 190 kJ Carbohydrates 11.54 g - Sugars →
