Articles Archive for September 2011
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Circumpolar startrails above a beautiful natural arch. Located near Moab, Utah, Arches National Park is home to over 2,000 natural sandstone arches. The park lies atop an underground salt bed, which caused the formation of the arches, sandstone fins, and enormous monoliths in the area. The salt bed was deposited over the Colorado Plateau around 300 million years ago when a sea flowed into the region and eventually evaporated. Over countless millennia, the erosive forces of water and wind have shaped the geologic wonderland we see today at Arches. As …
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This has got to be one of the most badass cosplay outfits I’ve seen. It’s a mix of both Batman and Darth Vader, one good and one bad… so is Bat Vader a hero or a villain? Or do they just cancel each other out making him a fun-loving party animal? What do you think? Before that, you might like a lost star trooper in Singapore and Star Wars Subway invasion in New York City…
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Python is a non-poisonous snake that is large and muscular. Being among the biggest and fearsome snakes in Asia, its length can reach up to 15 feet and weight up to 140kg. You might realize that actually there are some people who can live with python (LINK). But do you know how exotic leather handbags are made using python skin? Following are the photos that showing the process of making exotic leather handbags using python skins.…
Space Exploration »
Billions and Billions of dollars are thrown at the Military while NASA’s budget continues to shrink causing them to cut programs which may actually benefit society unlike the wars we are currently involved in. America needs to wind down these wars and reallocate all that money into our space program and make it the inspiration that it was when Americans first landed on the Moon over 40 years ago. America and Humanity require a permanent presence in Space and no amount of telescopes or rovers are going to meet that …
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The enchanting beauty of a clear summer sky. The Milky Way, the disc of our galaxy, home to billions of stars, stands above the southern horizon. A streaking meteor and a passing satellite are also captured in this lucky shot. The yellow glow at the horizon are lights from the nearby towns. Photographer: Oshin D. Zakarian in his work entitled, “Touched by the Sky”. The photo was shot at Kataleh Khor, Zanjan, Iran on August 2011.…
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Stunning view of the Milky Way appears above coconut palms at the shores of Ilha Grande, Brazil. Note Altair, the brightest star in the constellation Aquila, above the palms. This island is located off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state and it is largely undeveloped and noted for its scenic beauty. Ilha Grande is one of the most pristine remnants of Brazil’s Atlantic rainforest and one of the richest ecosystems in the world. Photographer: Babak Tafreshi in his work entitled, “A Postcard from Brazil”.
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This heavenly view of the southern Milky Way arching in the sky space is photographed from a remote island in the Pacific Ocean. On the left the brightest region in the band of Milky Way is the galactic central bulge toward the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius. Bright stars of Alpha and Beta Centauri, the Southern Cross, and the Coalsack dark nebula appear in the right along the fading Milky Way band. This pacific paradise in the southern hemisphere is Mangaia, the most southerly of the Cook Islands. This volcanic remnant …

