The aptly named color inspiration blog COLOURlovers recently posted color schemes taken directly from The Great Depression and WWII. Through Flickr , The Library of Congress shares some photos from the Farm Security Administration and the Office of War Information from the 1930s to the 1940s.

It’s nice to look back and see that people were still styling better during a depression and a world war. Enjoy about 1600 color photos from America’s hard times here.

Driving down the 5 through Oregon, I always was shocked to see a giant 500 foot tall nuclear cooling tower poking up out of the beautiful Columbia River scenery. This, as I learned, was the Trojan Nuclear Power Plan, and on May 21, the cooling tower was demolished.

It was closed in 1993 due to financial and safety reasons and has been slowly decommissioned in stages since then. I personally feel this plant was the inspiration for Homer Simpson’s workplace, but I’m not sure if that can be confirmed.

Portland General Electric says the plant won’t be fully decommissioned until 2024, but in the mean time, fans of the plant’s shut down can feast their eyes on images of the implosion at the Trojan Explosion Flickr Group here:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/trojanimplosion/

And of course, youtube.com video available here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5Irh6wJ_i4

Check it out: Voices from the Commute

http://www.calvinphelps.com/projects/monotrees/monotree1.html

I’d told people about these marvels of southern California, but those who had not seen them did not believe me. I kept meaning to take pictures every time I go down there but I always forget. Luckily, I randomly happened upon this student project of photos of these “unnatural wonders”. Click through and bask in the splendor of human achievement!

The art of the Phoon is amazing.

You really need to go look. Especially at the Phoons that started it all.