Pilot Manual for a 1940's U.S. Navy Blimp
This 122 page manual contains all of the operating instructions and technical details needed to pilot this sleek, silver, 250 foot long, weaponized anti-submarine dirigible.| Beautiful Public Data
This 122 page manual contains all of the operating instructions and technical details needed to pilot this sleek, silver, 250 foot long, weaponized anti-submarine dirigible.| Beautiful Public Data
Comparing LiDAR data from before and after the January 2025 fires in Los Angeles reveals the scale of devastation in ways satellite imagery can’t match.| Beautiful Public Data
A curated selection of visually interesting datasets collected by local, state and federal government agencies. By Jon Keegan.| Beautiful Public Data
In the heart of Silicon Valley, NASA Ames Research Center has the world's largest wind tunnel, and a rich history of space and aeronautics innovation captured in a fascinating visual archive.| Beautiful Public Data
Haunting photos document a shameful chapter of America’s history—the forced displacement and incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII.| Beautiful Public Data
A reporter stumbled upon a treasure trove of Department of Defense slides from the 1970s and 1980s depicting data from missile systems, Soviet capabilities and America’s nuclear arsenal.| Beautiful Public Data
For decades, the public suspected that the US Government was hiding secret intelligence about UFOs — (now known as UAPs). Turns out…it kind of was.| Beautiful Public Data
An incredible archive of 14,000 photos of Army uniforms, military gear and rations from the 70s and 80s.| Beautiful Public Data
Explore the beautiful, intricate paths of ships over a year—tracked from America's busiest ports to the open ocean via AIS marine tracking data.| Beautiful Public Data
The United States has an official web design system and a custom typeface that belongs to the people. This thoughtful public design system aims to make government websites not only look good, but to make them accessible and functional for all.| Beautiful Public Data
A collection of 100,000 striking high-resolution aerial photos of glaciers, photographed over 40 years with a 63-pound WW II surveillance camera.| Beautiful Public Data
New FOIA records from the FAA shed light on the frantic effort in 2015 to rename navigation waypoints related to Donald Trump and reveal the list of naughty waypoint names that were changed over the years.| Beautiful Public Data
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has a system of 1,400 descriptive "design codes" allowing you to search for trademarks with “Rickshaws”, “Centaurs” or “Mechanical women”.| Beautiful Public Data
Among all of the visual information published by the U.S. government, there may be no product with a higher information density than the Federal Aviation Administration’s aviation maps.| Beautiful Public Data
Government comics have taught Americans how to prevent forest fires, survive a nuclear blast, and how soldiers should handle homosexuality in the military.| Beautiful Public Data
The Bureau of Land Management wants to pay you $1,000 to adopt a wild horse. But the program has been criticized by animal rights advocates and subject to scrutiny by Congress.| Beautiful Public Data
These fascinating Army and Navy brand style guides define the look, feel and voice of our armed forces.| Beautiful Public Data
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories has an archive of an estimated 10,000 films of nuclear weapons tests from the 1940's - 1960's.| Beautiful Public Data
States now offer a vast menu of personalized plate options for a dizzying array of organizations, professions, sports teams, causes and other groups.| Beautiful Public Data
Drones have become an essential tool to map, measure and observe the extremely dangerous environments surrounding volcanic eruptions.| Beautiful Public Data
The 12 human beings who walked on the Moon collected, catalogued and returned 842 pounds of lunar rock and soil. Each sample has been meticulously documented in NASA's Lunar Sample Catalog.| Beautiful Public Data
Scars, scratches and wounds abound in these photos as encounters with unknown creatures and boat propellers leave their marks, imprinting a story of close escapes and cheating death.| Beautiful Public Data
A decade-long effort to build a machine to unlock the promise of nuclear fusion fell victim to budget constraints and competing science, and was shut down the day it was dedicated. It was never turned on.| Beautiful Public Data
