Monday, July 06, 2009

Crescent Earth

great NASA photo
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Crescent Earth as seen from Apollo 17 command module
The crescent Earth rises above the lunar horizon in this spectacular photograph taken from the Apollo 17 spacecraft in lunar orbit during final lunar landing mission in the Apollo program.

Red Poppies

Beautiful.
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Red Poppies

"Through the dancing poppies stole
A breeze most softly lulling to my soul.
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~ John Keats

 

 


 

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Monday, June 22, 2009

The Wonderful World Of Angkor

AngkorWat, Angkor, Cambodia (2)Image by ScubaBeer via Flickr





Answers From Angkor

A major archaeological site in northwest Cambodia and the capital of the Khmer empire from the 9th to the 15th century. The ruins include two important Hindu temple complexes, Angkor Wat (12th century) and Angkor Thom (13th century). The site has been extensively damaged by warfare.


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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Bloody Aftermath Of Iran Elections

A supporter of the challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi walks past a burning police motorcyle in Tehran as protesters took to the streets in anger over the announcement that President Ahmadinejad had prevailed in the elections.


Presidential elections in Iran

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Bloodied
A Mousavi supporter leaves the site of a skirmish.


Presidential elections in Iran

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A protester bends to pick up a stone on Valiasr Street.


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Police and security forces block the street in front of the Interior ministry


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Address to the Nation


Presidential elections in Iran

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A Mousavi supporter speaks with riot police


Presidential elections in Iran

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Supporters of Mousavi grapple with a riot policeman


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Victory Claim


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Sign of Defeat?


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Supporters of Mousavi protest


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The Challenger


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The Incumbent


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Casting Their Vote


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ID Check


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Long Lines


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Views and Decisions


Presidential elections in Iran

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Books and Beads


Presidential elections in Iran

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Iran is ruled under a system called Velayat-e Faqih


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Up in Arms


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Reformer


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Hard-Liner


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Fingers Painted


Presidential elections in Iran

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Fightin' for Mahmoud


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Rebuttal


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Banner


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On the Road Again


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Headband


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Walk Off
A supporter holds a portrait of Mousavi at a campaign rally in Tehran.


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Friday, June 05, 2009

Pamukkale - Turkey's White Pools of Wonder

What a place this must be to visit.
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Pamukkale picture
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Pamukkale - (Show on the Map) -An unusual natural and historical site with the sparkling white castle -like cascades, Pamukkale is one of the most important highlights of Turkey, unique in the world. The site is named in Turkish as "Pamukkale", that means "cotton castle", parallel to the glorious and spectacular view of the site. The dazzling white calcareous castles are formed by limestone-laden thermal springs, creating the unbelievable formation of stalactites, potholes and cataracts.

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Waters in the terraces are the sediments of the springs with calcium bicarbonate in 33C. Waters, containing mainly calcium salts and carbon-dioxide, run off the plateau's by depositing calcium while carbon-dioxide disappearing. The marvelous landscape of Pamukkale has been created by this gradual formation, leaving a cotton-like image. Located above the theatre of Hierapolis, the mineral water sources from the thermal springs of Cal Mountain.
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Sunday, May 24, 2009

"An abandoned horror"

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Well, I have seen a lot of photos of abandoned places in Russia, but this one is something special. It looks like some unknown lifeforms have invaded the area after people abandoned it, or did they abandon because of the invasion has started?

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Friday, May 15, 2009

Crazy People Who Clothe Themselves In Bees For Hoots!

Though bee bearding is by no means a recent activity, it has rarely made it to a dictionary entry. Wikipedia defines bee bearding as “the practice of wearing several hundred thousand honey bees on one’s face, usually as a sideshow-type activity.

It’s no wonder that the Guinness Book of Records has kept a category of “most pounds of bees worn on the body.” The bees are weighed rather than counted because depending on the honey bee strain, their weight can differ considerably.
Covered in bees

If beekeeping is the serious and work-intensive part of having anything to do with bees, then bee bearding is the fun part of it. If, that is, your idea of fun is having tens or even hundreds of thousands of bees crawling all over you while suppressing the urge to run away. Read on for more pictures and to see what motivates people to bee this adventurous.

Girl with bee t-shirt
During the Guiness Book attempt
Daring kiss
Dr. Norman Gary playing the clarinet while wearing a bee beard

Stunning Images of Solar Flares

Solar flares are like the Sun’s equivalents of Earth’s natural hazards, though of course they occur on a much larger scale. It would be nice to say such phenomena have minimal impact on the environment or life on Earth, but solar flares do strongly influence our local space weather, and produce streams of highly energetic particles in solar wind that can pose radiation risks to astronauts. Who knows what a biggie could do? While we wait for the answer, trying not to put the words “mass” and extinction” together, don your protective glasses and prepare for some dazzling images of solar eruptions – like the limb flare above.
solar flare close: from the sun

Solar flares are giant explosions in the Sun’s atmosphere that release incredible amounts of energy. Putting our puny attempts at generating power firmly in their place, solar flares heat plasma to tens of millions of degrees Kelvin and accelerate particles to almost the speed of light, while emitting radiation across all wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum – from radio waves to gamma rays.

largest recorded solar flare 2003
sun solar flare: unfurling
Sun Storm
solar flare blue sun: STEREO's First View of the Sun
Monster Flare

Unique and Strange Staplers

A Scottie Dog stapler. Why? Because the stapler company was out of ideas.
An antique stapler. Look at that craftsmanship.
A purple pac-man looking stapler.
A Hello Kitty stapler. Why? Because it is on everything else, why not a stapler. That's why.
A freaking sweet shark stapler.
A rainbow trout stapler. Sworn enemy of the shark stapler (above).
A stapler/calculator/tape measure

A rhinestone covered stapler. Looks rather reptilian to me.
Some little weird dude staplers, with what look like capes or tails as the stapler head.
A killer rabbit stapler.
A frog on a piece of wood stapler.

A fist/hand shaped stapler.
An alligator stapler.
A see through electric stapler.
A staple-less stapler for kids. It punches a hole in the paper, and folds a piece of paper through the hole, stitching the pieces together.
cat on a pillow stapler
Another antique stapler. Looks sort of like a torture device.

20 Amazing Examples of Conformal Photography. How do they do this?

Thursday, May 14, 2009

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