Perspective… or 50 Awe-Inspiring Reminders Of Just How Insignificant We Are
One billion stars Source: Mike Read (WFAU), UKIDSS/GPS and VVV / via: ph.ed.ac.uk New view of the blue marble Source: nasa.gov Furthest-ever image of the universe Source: nasa.gov 9 billion pixels of the Milky Way galaxy Source: eso.org The view 50 million light years away Source: Adam Block / via: skycenter.arizona.edu Panorama of Mars Source: 360cities.net A not-so-dark “dark core” Source: nasa.gov A twister on Mars … Read more
33 Stunning Photos Of Our Amazing Planet Earth Taken By A Guy In Space
Via Buzzfeed Whoa. These weren’t taken by a billion dollar satellite, just a dude and his Nikon. Turns out Dutch astronaut and physician Andre Kuipers, currently doing research on the International Space Station, is quite the interstellar shutterbug. All of the captions and photos (save the last) are his. Some of these don’t even look real. 1. … Read more
Monsters of the deep
These are amazing to look at… and perfect for creature design! They look like monsters from another planet. But far from inhabiting some alien world light-years from ours, these frightening looking creatures exist at the bottom of Earth’s deepest oceans. Astonishing new pictures of Polychaetes, or scale worms, show how they have evolved to survive … Read more
