Dust devil has never been a more appropriate term: (h/t: Bad Astronomy) Before humankind knew about heat and wind and convection and whatever else is related to crazy weathery things, it’s interesting to think about what people thought they were seeing when they saw things like this. It’s no surprise that stories of fire-breathing...
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Creating a striking design which looks a bit like a serpent swimming through clouds, curling patterns of eddies are formed as air flows around and over the island of Tristan de Cunha in the South Atlantic. This image was captured by MODIS on the Terra satellite on July 14, 2010. (MODIS) NASA’s MODIS (Moderate...
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Check out the following illusion that Richard Wiseman posted recently: Take a look at this rather strange looking face ….. In reality, it is not a face at all, but can you work out what it is? How long did it take you to figure it out?
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While it might make headlines as a flying car, to me it seems more like a plane that can also drive on roads. The company Terrafugia, based in Woburn, Mass., says it plans to deliver its car-plane, the Transition, to customers by the end of 2011. It recently cleared a major hurdle when the...
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Super close-up photos + insects + water = Awesome Check out these awesome photos of sleeping insects covered in morning dew: (click on images to biggify) Check out the entire article for more amazing photographs.
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It uses regular gasoline and will travel a grand distance of 31.5 miles at a maximum speed of 63 mph Distance of 31.5 miles per fill-up (regular unleaded gasoline). Maximum speed of 63 mph. A ballistic parachute safety system. Cost: About $90,000. Closer to $100,000 once you count the price to fly to New...
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The Derweze area is rich in natural gas. While drilling in 1971 geologists accidentally found an underground cavern filled with natural gas. The ground beneath the drilling rig collapsed, leaving a large hole with a diameter of about 50-100 meters. To avoid poisonous gas discharge, it was decided...
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(h/t The Political Carnival) I’ve always wanted to be able to do stuff like this, but I’ve never wanted to spend the time practicing.
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Hubble has captured the earliest image of the Universe yet, which shows a scene from about 600 million years after the Big Bang. That’s like, 1/23rd of its current age of 14 billion years.
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This image is incredible. It’s an 18GB panoramic photo of Prague. This image is currently (as of 12/2009) the largest spherical panoramic photo in the world. It is 192,000 pixels wide and 96,000 pixels tall. That’s 18.4 billion pixels, or 18.4 gigapixels! When it’s printed, it will be 16 meters (53 feet) long at...
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