Amazing pictures.

[jeepers]

Fair dues to the Indians, they've come a long way.

 

[Stacky]

An onionskin-like structure of concentric dust shells surround a central, aging star as seen in this beautiful image of the Egg Nebula.

An onionskin-like structure of concentric dust shells surround a central, aging star as seen in this cool space wallpaper. Twin beams of light radiate from the star and illuminate the usually invisible dust. Artificial colors show how light reflects off the particles and heads toward Earth.

I give up.



Joan Collins ?

 

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The 'Dance of the Planets' Is a Real Thing That's Happening Now

It's prom season — for the planets.

Every couple of years, give or take, planets get together in the night sky in such a way that they seem to be aligned with each other. They seem to be, really — from Earth's perspective — shyly approaching each other, asking each other to dance. This planetary mixing-and-mingling is scientifically known as "planetary conjunction" ... but it's colloquially known, probably because of the corsages and the limos and the awkward dancing, the "Dance of the Planets."

We're about to have an especially rare and wonderful version of that dance. The night skies this week, provided they're clear, will reveal, yep, a triple conjunction — a planetary crossover featuring the three brightest planets as seen from Earth: Mercury, Venus and Jupiter. Between May 24 and May 29, the celestial trio will fit within a circle whose diameter is less than 5 degrees wide on the sky's dome. They'll dance around each other (as, ostensibly, "Feel This Moment" plays in the background).

Here's more on the planets' big night out: http://www.cnet.com.au/watch-the-planets-dance-in-a-triple-conjunction-339344378.htm

The planets will be at their closest, with Jupiter and Venus just 1 degree apart, on 28 and 29 May. All three planets will form a straight line on 31 May as they gradually move apart from each other.

For U.S. observers, the best time to look is also toward the western sky at twilight, with the three planets appearing close to the horizon. From 23 May, the three planets will be close enough together to be viewed through a pair of binoculars, forming a triangle on 24 May before drawing close and orbiting apart.

So, everyone, take your awkward photos of the planets' prom night now. This week's dance will be, Earth Sky notes, "the closest grouping of three planets until January 2021."

 

[jams]

I probably have a bit of a 1 track mind - but what was Florida doing to the junction between South America and Africa 200-300 million years ago?

And while I'm there - what's Wales doing to Cork.

 

[Stacky]

I probably have a bit of a 1 track mind - but what was Florida doing to the junction between South America and Africa 200-300 million years ago?

And while I'm there - what's Wales doing to Cork.

Getting cocaine as usual and there was aferry service between Cork & Swansea 300 million years ago.

 

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Optical Illusions

http://www.expressionoftruth.com/2013/05/20-optical-illusions-that-might-break.html

 

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900 year old church in Norway.

 

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photo: Wallace Kirkland for Life magazine

"The inner essence of fascism and totalitarianism, of atrocity, lies not in ideology as such, but in willed actions whose purpose is to show that there are no limits to what can be done to the individual, or even to entire classes of individuals. What finally links images of Americans murdering foxes in the Midwest to reports of the Einsatzkommando 3 murdering Jews in Kaunas — or rather, what allows us to recognize atrocity as atrocity, whether perpetrated against human beings or against other animals — is neither the joy, ruthlessness, or simply boredom of the killers, nor the helpless terror, anguish, and suffering of the defenseless victims, but the way the two become conjoined in a mode of action whose symbolic function is to demonstrate the ultimate, absolute superiority of one group over another."

— John Sanbonmatsu from his work "The Boy and the Fox: From Beating to Eating Animals"

 

[Stoney Mc Stoner]

The aircraft crashed after colliding with a Cessna 172 while on a downwind for runway 27 at San Diego. The PSA jet's flight crew was cited at fault for failing to maintain visual separation with the Cessna after reporting it in sight.