Our Beautiful Planet: Images from Space by an Astronaut Photographer
1. Volcano, Onekotan Island, Russia. May 23, 2011
2. Delta, May 23, 2011
3. Saudi Arabia, southern desert, Mar 31, 2011
4. Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA. May 17, 2011
Amazing. I love how sometimes you can’t tell what’s up and what’s down in shots like these.
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Peter the elephant plays with a smartphone video here: http://youtu.be/KBrmaE82uY4 !
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Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides for 80 Years - NPR
This is the most fascinating story about insects that I’ve ever read. How did they get there!?!?! And how are people so good sometimes?
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Japanese Construction Company Plans Space Elevator By 2050
Obayashi Corp. plans to build a space elevator by 2050. The company is days away from completing this structure, the Tokyo Sky Tree, which will be Japan’s tallest building at 2,080 feet high. tsushima2011 via Flickr
Space elevators have been our shared dream for years, but like other promising technologies of the future, they’re just concepts on a distant horizon. Now a Japanese construction firm that specializes in the very tall could make them a reality. By 2050, so still pretty far on that horizon, but hey, it’s a start.
Obayashi Corp., which is almost done building the giant structure above, the Tokyo Sky Tree, wants to build a space elevator that would reach 22,370 miles (36,000 km) above the Earth — that’s above the altitude where geosynchronous satellites orbit. It would take a week to ride up the elevator, traveling on some type of vessel tethered to carbon nanotube cables.
I love this idea!!!
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This simulation shows the future behaviour of a gas cloud that has been observed approaching the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. This is the first time ever that the approach of such a doomed cloud to a supermassive black hole has been observed and it is expected to break up completely during 2013.
I just love thinking about how huge that gas cloud is.
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T-Rex Trying To Put On A Cardigan
Hello (by ant1mat3rie)
This is a pretty epic little supercut of movies edited to where the various characters recite the lyrics of Lionel Richie’s “Hello.”
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I was wondering as I watched LOTR if there were any places IRL built on the sides of cliffs like this. So awesome; I must go there someday. I can’t believe this place has lasted over 1500 years.
Super quick The IT Crowd because I finished the series in less than 24 hours whoops
Urban Exploring by Simon Christen
Just saw a Lamborghini Aventador in Woodstock, Georgia. Third fastest car around Top Gear’s track ever, even faster than the Veyron SS. 0-62mph in 2.9 sec, top speed of 217mph. Price tag: $400,000. :-O
