JD, travelled round Sol thirty two times, possibly travelled outwards 39 light-years (12 parsecs), resides in "The 'Swich", Scottishman, IQ:143 (surprisingly), Libran, livewire, loud quiet-guy, shy, moody, rough around the edges, plagued with anger issues, social anxiety, jaded, social pariah, photographer (23 years experience and CEO/Toggerererer @ SKINTrade Photography), numismatist, former motorcyclist, cynic, philosopher, ex-fire eater/breather & escapologist, drinks lots of coffee, daydreamer, urban shaman, shooter, time traveller (Not a timelord but a trainee space/time janitor), film buff, hired geek... All photographic posts are not owned by me unless otherwise stated.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Tex gets assaulted ? (by shallnotbeinfringed)
JAXA/NASA Captures 2012 Annular Solar Eclipse (by NASA Goddard Photo and Video)
The joint JAXA/NASA Hinode mission captured this images of an annular eclipse of the Sun on May 20, 2012. During an annular eclipse the moon does not block the entirety of the sun, but leaves a bright ring of light visible at the edges. For the May eclipse, the moon was at the furthest distance from Earth that it ever achieves – meaning that it blocked the smallest possible portion of the sun, and leaves the largest possible bright ring around the outside. Scientists often use an eclipse to help calibrate the instruments on the telescope by focusing in on the edge of the moon as it crosses the sun and measuring how sharp it appears in the images.
Credit: JAXA/NASA/Hinode
ofthewoodland: Bird Dropping Mimicry
A variety of creatures have been selected for the expression of colors that allow them to blend in more appropriately or appear distasteful compared to another prey item. The Pied Mossy Frog, Wilson’s Wood Nymph moth, and a Bolas spider are wonderful examples of this interesting aid to survival, for they seem to appear as bird droppings. These creatures have been known as “bird dropping mimics”. The last spider is unidentified but is still a wonderful display of camouflage.
Nature is amazing.
Photo Courtesy: mybeardsthicker
NASA poster, one of several issued to encourage diligence in the manufacture of space hardware following the Apollo 1 fire.
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apollo 16 [descartes landing site]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hqakTcXu1r6o35qo1_1280.jpg)
apollo 16 [descartes landing site]
(Source: coolstorybromine)
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes ~ Somewhere over the rainbow (by albalb)
Tactical Bacon Commercial, STARRING: “Shotgun” Max Beavins. (by ALittleBitZombie)
We’re only stardust.
365FILMS:Sunshine
95/365
by Tyler Blessing
Why Is That Undulating Blob Of Flesh Inspecting My Oil Drill?
Every so often, the Internet astonishes. Things I wouldn’t, couldn’t, shouldn’t expect, sometimes happen. Take this, for example. On April 25, somewhere in the ocean off Great Britain, a remotely operated video camera mounted near a deep sea oil drill caught a glimpse — at first it was just a glimpse — of an astonishing looking sea creature. It was a green-gray blob of gelatinous muscle, covered with a finely mesh-like textured skin, no eyes, no tentacles, no front, no back. It moved constantly, floating up to the drill, then it backed off and disappeared. The camera operator tried to find it, and then, suddenly, out of the darkness, back it came. What was this thing?
That is truly incredible.
(Source: sunrec)