darkroom
noun
dark·room
ˈdärk-ˌrüm 
-ˌru̇m
: a room with no light or with a safelight for developing light-sensitive photographic materials
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Working in a darkroom so as not to contaminate the samples of sediment with light, Chamberlain and her colleagues used a tool to measure how much radiation the grains were exposed to, thus revealing how long ago the sediments were buried by the earthquake.
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Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 2 July 2024
During a total solar eclipse the lighting grows decidedly eerie—equal parts post-apocalyptic (as if a UFO were overtaking our local star) and photographic (like an underexposed print viewed in a darkroom).
—Maya Silver, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2024
That picture features the army ambulance that O’Sullivan converted into a travelling darkroom.
—Robert Sullivan, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
To make ends meet, Hurrell took up hand-coloring in a photography studio and, flitting between jobs, learned the art of retouching and darkroom work.
—Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
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Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 2 July 2024
During a total solar eclipse the lighting grows decidedly eerie—equal parts post-apocalyptic (as if a UFO were overtaking our local star) and photographic (like an underexposed print viewed in a darkroom).
—Maya Silver, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2024
That picture features the army ambulance that O’Sullivan converted into a travelling darkroom.
—Robert Sullivan, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
To make ends meet, Hurrell took up hand-coloring in a photography studio and, flitting between jobs, learned the art of retouching and darkroom work.
—Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
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darkroom
noun
dark·room
ˈdärk-ˌrüm
-ˌru̇m
: a lightproof room used in developing photographic materials (as film and prints)
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