Here’s a nice litle roundup of stained glass works depicting subject unusual to the medium. Regarding the second photo above (not Link) -

this huge piece is called ‘the electromagnetic spectrum in stained glass’ and can be found at the national air and space museum. according to the museum’s website it’s ‘a large stained-glass work showing the range of light that shines on Earth and how deeply it penetrates the atmosphere’.

– when geeks and stained glass collide [via Neatorama]