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Marina Amaral

@marinamaral2

10 Oct

Fridtjof Nansen was born #OnThisDay in 1861.

In 1888, he obtained a PhD in zoology and, in the same year, was the first to cross the interior ice of Greenland. He also led a 25-month expedition through the Arctic Ocean, coming closer to the North Pole than anyone before.

In 1905, he acted diplomatically in the process of Norwegian independence from Sweden and from 1906 to 1908 he served as ambassador of his country in London.

During World War I, he led Norway’s diplomatic efforts to secure food and neutrality in the conflict.

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Marina Amaral

@marinamaral2

10 Oct

The last known photo ever taken of Franz Reichelt, an Austrian-born French tailor, who is posing here in a parachute of his own design, before jumping off the Eiffel Tower.

Reichelt attributed the failures of his previous designs at least in part to the short drop distances over which he had conducted his tests, so he was keen to receive permission to experiment from the Eiffel Tower.

On Sunday, 4 February, at 7:00 a.m., he arrived at the tower by car with two friends. He was already wearing his parachute suit. The weather was cold, with temperatures below 0 °C (32 °F), and there was a stiff breeze blowing across the Champ de Mars.

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Marina Amaral

@marinamaral2

9 Oct

My grandmother calls me every day to say who should be in the next book. And she's pissed because I said there's no room to have everyone she already suggested.

She then says that she will no longer give me suggestions. Five minutes later, she comes with another name.

@dgjones

And she probably hates @dgjones now because I said that he is the one who makes the final choices and is not willing to listen to her

She loves him, actually. But he doesn't need to know

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Marina Amaral

@marinamaral2

8 Oct

Edgar Allan Poe, circa 1850.

“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.”

His imaginative storytelling and tales of mystery and horror gave birth to the modern detective story.

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Marina Amaral

@marinamaral2

7 Oct

I won't talk about this again, but I'd like to say that I am very proud of what I do, and very grateful to all people - especially academics and historians, who understand and respect the purpose of this work. There's a lot more to it than just applying colors to a photograph.

Everyone is more than free to not be a fan of colorization, and I totally respect that.

But colorization IS changing the way we talk about history, and for the better. They are not a replacement, but an addition. If the technique doesn't work for you, let it work for others.