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nevver: Name That Space Rock

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:12:32 -0500

nevver:

Name That Space Rock

rideyourbike: Meanwhile on Lake Michigan…

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:25:10 -0500

rideyourbike:

Meanwhile on Lake Michigan…

atlasobscura: Frozen Bubbles on Abraham Lake by landscape...

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:21:39 -0500

atlasobscura:

Frozen Bubbles on Abraham Lake by landscape photographer Emmanuel Coupe.

“This image was taken in winter time in a arid area of the Canadian Rockies. Temperatures where below -30 degrees Celsius yet because there was no snow fall the surface of the lake was uncovered allowing me to see and capture the bubbles (gas release from lake bed) that were trapped in the frozen waters.”

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Sat, 22 Dec 2012 15:49:51 -0500

Temple of Horus, Egypt

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:29:32 -0500

Temple of Horus, Egypt

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Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:16:24 -0500

Everything runs off the same energy system.

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:39:11 -0500

Everything runs off the same energy system.

Underwater Ink Photography by Luka Klikovac

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:13:06 -0500

Underwater Ink Photography by Luka Klikovac

thedailywhat: Meanwhile in Sweden of the Day: Gender-swapped...

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:06:33 -0500

thedailywhat:

Meanwhile in Sweden of the Day: Gender-swapped Children’s Toy Catalogue

The latest holiday catalogue released by Sweden’s toy retail chain Top Toy is making some buzz for breaking the gender-role stereotypes in its product pages, which features girls with Nerf guns and boys with doll houses and Hello Kitty. According to Jezebel, Top Toy’s gender-swapped catalogue may have been inspired in part by the widespread debate over the issue of gender equality that has been ongoing for the past few years in the Scandinavian nation. Hat tip goes to The Mary Sue.

Eastern Emerald Elysia Elysia chlorotica is a “solar-powered”...

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:05:00 -0500

Eastern Emerald Elysia

Elysia chlorotica is a “solar-powered” marine sea slug that sequesters and retains photosynthetically active chloroplasts from the algae it eats and, remarkably, has incorporated algal genes into its own genetic code. It is emerald green in color often with small red or white markings, has a slender shape typical of members of its genus, and parapodia (lateral “wings”) that fold over its body in life. This sea slug is unique among animals to possess photosynthesis-specific genes and is an extraordinary example of symbiosis between an alga and mollusc as well as a genetic chimera of these two organisms.

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wah-mos: astronomy-to-zoology: Nembrotha cristata like most...

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:08:50 -0500

wah-mos:

astronomy-to-zoology:

Nembrotha cristata

like most nudibranchs this species has no official common name. they can be found in tropical Indo-Western Pacific oceans. they grow up to 50mm in length and their body is black but their external organs are edged in a almost neon green like color. they are poisonous and get their poison from the stinging cells of fallen Cnidarians.

Phylogeny

Animalia-Mollusca-Gastropoda-*-Polyceroidea-Polyceridae-Nembrothinae-Nembrotha

*Clades: Heterobranchia,Euthynerua,Nudipleura,Nudibranchia,Euctenidacea,Doridacea

it looks like a water dragon llama

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:31:09 -0500

Ontario, Canada-based photographer Matt Molloy recently created...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:07:48 -0500

Ontario, Canada-based photographer Matt Molloy recently created a gorgeous series of sky images by stacking multiple photos onto one. The individual photos are most often taken from the timelapses he shoots. The final photo has a stunning painterly effect, almost as if someone had taken a paintbrush to the sky and smeared its beautiful colors.

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Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:34:12 -0400

hallowahmos: lafemmedominicana: kodak-taught-me: The world’s...

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:36:50 -0400

hallowahmos:

lafemmedominicana:

kodak-taught-me:

The world’s greatest essay, written by a 12-year-old who really, really hates plain doughnuts.

I AM CRYING

It’s just a BAGEL! A BAGEL!

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Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:27:44 -0400

kayfabe: Danxia Danxia refers to a “type of petrographic...

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:05:38 -0400

kayfabe:

Danxia

Danxia refers to a “type of petrographic geomorphology” found in China. What that means is you get these mountains that look as though they were decorated with crayons by a five-year-old channelling Dalí.

Danxia landform, Zhangye, Gansu province, China - mixed...

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:42:27 -0400

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8945641@N02

http://www.visitourchina.com/blog/blog-1

http://www.theodora.com/wfb/photos/china

http://forums.govteen.com/anthropology-g

http://travel-tourist-tips.blogspot.com.

Danxia landform, Zhangye, Gansu province, China - mixed sources: The colour is a result of millions of years of accumulated red sandstone and other sediments that have dried and oxidized.

astronemma: Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2012 Category:...

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:56:11 -0400

Winner: Star Icefall by Masahiro Miyasaka (Japan)

Runner-up: Green World by Arild Heitmann (Norway)

Highly commended: Summer Nights in Michigan by Michael A. Rosinski (USA)

Highly commended: The Milky Way View from the Piton de l’Eau, Réunion Island by Luc Perrot (Réunion Island)

Sky away from the Lights by Tunç Tezel (Turkey)

astronemma:

Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2012

Category: Earth and Space

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the-iridescence: New Kaleidoscopic Paper Sculptures by Jen...

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:28:31 -0400

the-iridescence:

New Kaleidoscopic Paper Sculptures by Jen Stark

The paper sculptor, who was born in Miami but currently lives and works in Los Angeles, has recently opened her first solo exhibition in Los Angeles called To the Power Of. The exhibit features a variety of Stark’s new multilayered works that showcase the artist’s intricate incisions and carefully crafted paper art. Equipped with a stack of of construction paper, an X-Acto knife, and some glue, Stark has yet again created an amusement park for the eyes with both a wide color spectrum and repetitive visual sequences. The recurring geometric patterns in each piece reflect many elements of life, including the passage and intervallic rhythm of time.

To the Power Of is currently showing at Martha Otero Gallery through November 10, 2012.