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What does it feel like to fly over planet Earth?
A time lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night. Beginning over the Pacific Ocean and continuing over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica.
Visible cities, countries and landmarks include (in order) Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles. Phoenix. Multiple cities in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico. Mexico City, the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, El Salvador, Lightning in the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Lake Titicaca, and the Amazon. Also visible is the Earth’s ionosphere (thin yellow line), a satellite and the stars of our galaxy.
ohmegurd. such a cool photoset. must reblog.
Do you think you’ve been “exposed to art” here on tumblr? I think it should count.
Want your kids to be altruistic, tolerant, and open-minded? Expose them to the arts.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago report that people who engage in the arts — or even those who are exposed to arts — contribute more to society than those who don’t.
ASIDE: that sun is really happy.
I am a sucker for a cute polar bear. Or is that just too easy?
Loved this one:
Can This Baby Polar Bear Save His Species?: Big Pic
iku, a polar bear cub born in captivity in Denmark, has taken the Internet by storm. It’s not a surprise, he’s so cute!
When Siku was born at the Scandinavian Wildlife Park November 22, 2011 his mother had not produced milk for three years.
“Instead of leaving the cub to die we decided to try to bottle feed it,” according to the website for the Park. Siku is comfortable around humans and is feeding from a bottle. The site informs visitors Siku weighs just over seven pounds as of December 22, and is “thriving!!!!!” (the emphasis is theirs).
I love this story about Santino, the chimp.
“Santino,” a male chimpanzee at Furuvik Zoo in Sweden, is devising increasingly complex attacks against zoo visitors.
At first Santino was famous for throwing rocks and other projectiles at visitors who annoyed him. Now he has improved his technique, which requires spontaneous innovation for future deception. Researcher Mathias Osvath, lead author of a paper about Santino in PLoS ONE, explained what the clever chimp did:
“After a visitor group had left the compound area, Santino went inside the enclosure and brought a good-sized heap of hay that he placed near the visitor’s section, and immediately after that he put stones under it,” Osvath said.
more here
also, images of Santino in action here.
Here’s a slideshow on Discovery News that I always go back to just to take another look. It’s a fascinating look at the evolution of the faces of our ancestors.
more images here
Brave's Unconventional Heroine: What Doesn't Queer You Makes You Stronger
Thanks to Tumblr strollamongststars for sending us this link in response to this post from earlier in the week.
here’s a tidbit from this article:
Here’s the thing: It’s ok to think that Merida is a lesbian, not because she shirks traditional gender roles but because she doesn’t have a love interest. Archery prowess and a love of the wilderness does not a lesbian make, otherwise The Hunger Games might have been a little different. She’s not “an honorary boy” because she’s not actively trying to find a husband. On the contrary, it is unlikely that this story could have happened to a guy in this setting, and this conversation about sexuality definitely wouldn’t have happened. Also, stop conflating gender identity with gender presentation! Commentary like these reviews is frustrating, but maybe that’s the point Pixar is trying to make: Merida’s sexuality is a non-issue in the film, and the fact that this topic is even worth mentioning is because women are constantly sexualized.
That being said, it’s not a stretch at all to imagine Merida as a queer person. That’s part of Brave’s genius, really. Merida is a princess, but she’s also the hero, and because she’s not openly into dudes, it leaves her open for people of any sexual orientation to project themselves onto her without feeling weird. Besides, the story isn’t about romantic love. It’s about the conflict between Merida’s duty to her family and her duty to herself with a focus on her relationship with her mom.
Everything about Brave is beautiful.
Transit of Venus Images From Our Readers
Our Tumblr followers from Bahrain to Berkeley sent in spectacular images of the historic event. We included them here in this slideshow as well as a couple from our Space Editor Ian O’Neill.
Do you have any images you want to share? Submit here and we will add more through the day.
2012 Annular Solar Eclipse Photos From Our Readers
Sunday’s annular solar eclipse was a spectacular sight seen from Japan to Idaho. Here’s a look at some dazzling images submitted by our readers.
Tumblr, you sent in some strong images and we included them all here. Thanks for the submissions! If you have more, keep them coming, we will add them to this gallery. Submit here
more images here
Things We Saw from His Cab
What kind of crazy shit does one see being a cab driver on a 24-hour weekend shift? We went on a ridealong with Things I See From My Cab to find out.
Have you all checked out storyboard yet?
Fascinating.
The Tumblr dash is so fast that we can all sometimes not really take in the massive creative force we all get to experience every day on this crazy thing.
Storyboard makes you stop and dig it all a bit deeper.
“ The deluge of criticism Komen faced on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr came two weeks after online protests led Congress to suspend an effort to pass anti-piracy legislation that some in the Internet community saw as a threat to online freedoms. It demonstrated again how social media can change the national conversation with head-snapping speed.”
