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Fantastic antique haori with a woven ground of suzuran (lily of the valley) and a delicate leaves caught in a spiderweb pattern

black cats for october

Boo! Did we get you? 🎃

This solar jack-o-lantern, captured by our Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) in October 2014, gets its ghoulish grin from active regions on the Sun, which emit more light and energy than the surrounding dark areas. Active regions are markers of an intense and complex set of magnetic fields hovering in the sun’s atmosphere.

The SDO has kept an unblinking eye on the Sun since 2010, recording phenomena like solar flares and coronal loops. It measures the Sun’s interior, atmosphere, magnetic field, and energy output, helping us understand our nearest star.

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20-12-22

The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants, Aristid Lindenmayer and Przemysław Prusinkiewicz.

You can freely read it here.

@bcarroll_13 got me this really neat #StarTrek edition @3Doodler 3D pen!

#3Doodler https://www.instagram.com/p/B69V-bEB1CX/?igshid=1fftg1rv4340t

I’m still crying over the beauty that was the Sony Reader. Cell service, stylus, dictionary, touchscreen, audio and came in a robust case.

Amazon killed E-ink innovation. But it's back.

Amazon killed E-ink innovation. But it’s back.

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Guy Bluford Changed the Course of Space History

On Aug. 30, 1983, Guion Bluford, better known as Guy, became the first African American to fly to space. An accomplished jet pilot and aerospace engineer, Bluford became part of NASA’s 1978 astronaut class that included the first African American, the first Asian American, and the first women astronauts.

He and the other crew members of mission STS-8 were aboard the orbiter Challenger as it lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida; it was the first nighttime launch and landing of the Space Shuttle program. While aboard, he and the other crew members deployed the Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B), operated a Canadian-built robot arm, conducted experiments with live cell samples, and participated in studies measuring the effects of spaceflight on humans.

Guy Bluford chased his childhood dream of becoming an aerospace engineer, and in doing so, changed history and encouraged other Black astronauts to follow in his footsteps.

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