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Find someone who will love your soul more than your body.
(via lilienxn)
ISS Symphony
Artwork by @rockum | Motion Effect by rexisky
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becoming an adult is essentially having all your friends in different cities and permanently missing someone
Japanese Artist Makes Incredible Sculptures Made Entirely of Sand
Blue whale, 75 ft boat for scale.
You’re americans.
Wow!
A few decades ago, you had about 17 minutes to escape a house fire before it was too late. Today, you only have about 3 minutes before everything goes up in flames, because modern, synthetic fibers burn much hotter and faster than the natural materials that were common in the 70s and 80s. Source
Stargate.
What’s Up for October 2016?
What’s Up for October? Moon phases, Astronomy Day, meteors and Saturn!
The new moon phase starts the month on October 1. Of course, the new moon isn’t visible, because it’s between Earth and the sun, and the unlit side is facing Earth.
Night by night the slender crescent gets bigger and higher in the sky and easier to see just after sunset. On the 3rd and 4th, the moon will pass just above Venus!
A week later on the 9th the moon has traveled through one quarter of its 29-day orbit around Earth, and we see the first quarter phase. Also look for Mars just below the moon.
Join us in celebrating International Observe the Moon Night Saturday, October 8th, with your local astronomy club or science center. Conveniently, the 8th is also Fall Astronomy Day, celebrated internationally by astronomy clubs since 1973.
One week later on the 16th the moon reaches opposition, or the full moon phase, when the moon and the sun are on opposite sides of Earth. And the sun completely illuminates the moon as seen from Earth.
During this phase, the moon rises in the east just as the sun is setting in the west. Overnight, the moon crosses the sky and sets at dawn.
A week later, on the 22nd of October, the last quarter moon rises at midnight. Later, the pretty and bright Beehive Cluster will be visible near the moon until dawn.
To wrap up the month, 29 days after the last new moon we start the lunar cycle all over again with another new moon phase on October 30th. Will you be able to spot the one-day old moon on Halloween? It will be a challenge!
There are three meteor showers in October–the Draconids, the Taurids and the Orionids. Try for the Draconids on October 8th.
See the Taurids on October 10th.
The Orionids will be marred by the full moon on the 21st, but all three meteor showers will offer some possible bright meteors.
Finally, you’ll have an especially pretty view of Saturn, when it forms a straight line with Venus and the red star Antares on the 27th.
You can catch up on NASA’s lunar mission, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, the Cassini Mission to Saturn and all of our missions at www.nasa.gov.
Watch the full October “What’s Up" video for more:
Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space: http://nasa.tumblr.com.
Artist Walks All Day in the Siberian Snow to Create Spectacular Dragon Mural
Photographer Spends 30 Days Photographing His Adopted Bunnies as They Grow
Mars Rover Opportunity Has Confirmed (Past) Liquid Water On Red Planet!
As NASA scientists put it, this is a “slam dunk” piece of proof that water once flowed on or under the planet’s surface. And this is more than ice, it’s evidence of flowing water, and lots of it. How do they know that?
Gypsum (the white stuff in the vein up there) is a non-metal mineral made up of calcium sulfate. But on Earth it is known to be made up of not only the calcium and the sulfate, but also water (it’s “hydrous”). Moreover, it occurs naturally from the evaporation of massive, mineral-rich lakes or seas. And that means that water must have stood, flowed, pooled, and evaporated at some point on Mars.
Not bad for a rover that was only supposed to last 90 Martian days!
(images above from NASA/JPL, lulz by me)
I am fine. Stars are alone too.
(via gravitationalbeauty)
This is very cool
Can’t win ‘em all.
This is a match at the RoboCup, an international competition for soccer-playing robots. By 2050, roboticists hope to have full-sized humanoid AI robots compete against the champions of the World Cup. Sounds crazy, right? It’s not as insane as you’d think.
Learn more about hyper-intelligent robots»
Flying somewhere over northern California heading to @flylaxairport I was hoping to catch the setting sun. I'll settle for this shot. #sunset #clouds #airplane #windowseat #wing #southwestairlines #horizon #troposphere #stratosphere #mesosphere #orange #blue #black #sky #canonrebel #nofilter
Getting ready for work and this is what I come back too. #Scraps #pillowthief #bedhog #humantraits #mybully #amstaff #staffy
Japanese Artist Sends Bonsai Tree into Space
kitten wiggles ears while eating
<3
Sea Turtles From Shell to Surf
Enjoying the nice cool seats of @staplescenterla as we wait for our @lakings players to start the rally. #blackparade #weareallkings #LAKings
Took Scraps for a bath, unlike most dogs he loves it. #myboy #amstaff #pitchiweenie
Treehouses Part 2 (Part 1)
Camp Wandawega, Wisconson, US
Hotel Costa Verde, Brazil
Mirrorcube Tree Hotel, Sweden
Finca Bellavista, Costa Rica
The Redwoods Treehouse, New Zealand
The Hemloft, Canada
UFO Treehouse, Sweden
Free Spirit Sphere, Canada
The Cube, US
The Bird’s Nest, Sweden
We’re giving away an iPhone 5S!
Just reblog and follow BlazePress to enter.
Winner will be messaged so make sure to keep your inbox open.
Giveaway ends on 30th of May.
Where would our innocent Princesses be without their archenemies?
Artwork by J-Scott-Campbell
Jeff Hong - “Unhappily ever after”