What A Terraformed Venus With Realistic Climates Would Look Like 

Galaxy and Planets Beyond Bristlecone Pines

(via APOD; Image Credit & Copyright: Brad Goldpaint (Goldpaint Photography) )

What’s older than these ancient trees? Nobody you know – but almost everything in the background of this picture. The trees are impressively old – each part of the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest located in eastern California, USA. There, many of the oldest trees known are located, some dating as far back as about 5,000 years. Seemingly attached to tree branches, but actually much farther in the distance, are the bright orbs of Saturn (left) and Mars. These planets formed along with the Earth and the early Solar System much earlier – about 4.5 billion years ago. Swooping down diagonally from the upper left is the oldest structure pictured: the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy – dating back around 9 billion years. The featured image was built from several exposures all taken from the same location – but only a few weeks ago.

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Clouds look like incoming tsunami. From here

One week of spoons. Tune in next week for another week of spoons

people today with access to more raw information than any other period: the earth is flat

german artilleryman in 1916, who barely washes his own ass: I need to account for the curvature and rotation of the earth when plotting my firing plans

Traditional chinese craftsmanship for architecture and furniture 榫卯 sǔn mǎo 

The mortise and tenon technique does not use glues or nails and creates furniture that is usually very strong and durable. 

These are a few of my favorite things nebulae!

From top to bottom:

NGC 6720 ~ Ring Nebula NGC 6543 ~ Cat’s Eye Nebula

NGC 7293 ~ Helix Nebula (also called Eye of God“ and Eye of Sauron“)

IC 418 ~ Spirograph Nebula 

MyCn18 ~ Engraved Hourglass Nebula

NGC 6826 or Caldwell 15 ~ the Blinking Planetary 

Elaborate Salt Labyrinths by Japanese Artist Motoi Yamamoto