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Death, Taxes and War 2012
- 8 Nov 2011
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"Starting as a lark several years ago, Death and Taxes has grown into a powerhouse of information.

In it's 4th year, this poster now contains over 500 departments, agencies, programs and just about everything else the goverment can spend money on. It is still the single most open and accessable record of government spending ever created.

WallStats (wôlstăts) n.1. Complex and elusive information synthesized into palatable and insightful visual pieces. 2 Friggin' awesome posters.

I'm Jess Bachman and I love information. But far too often, chewing on a raw data set can leave a salty and dry taste in your mouth. That is why I use my pseudo- culinary-visualizing skills to form data into sweet and savoury design.

Understanding, clarity and perspective. That is my stock and trade.

All in six square feet."

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via deathandtaxesposter.com

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World military spending has now reached one trillion dollars.
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The Beautiful Temples of Meteora Hover Above the Plain of Thessaly
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High above a sleepy village, built atop sandstone rock pillars, and silhouetted against the Grecian skyline, sit the six monasteries of the Meteora. The temples are the second largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece and are located at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly.

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High Speed Bubble-ographs by Heinz Maier
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- 07November11 Bubbles High Speed Photography Macrophotography
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"It never ceases to amaze me: just when I think I’ve seen every possible permutation of an artform or technique—be it figurative sculpture, stop motion animation, or in this case, high speed photography—somebody comes along and manages to do something radically different.

German photographer Heinz Maier says that he began taking photographs less than a year ago in late 2010. He claims to not know what direction he’s heading in just yet, right now he’s experimenting with macro photography, mostly insects, animals, and these delicate high speed water droplets. Personally, I think he’s found a great direction.

There are so many things happening here to make these photographs simply outstanding: the lighting, the colors, the occasional use of symmetry in the reflection of water, let alone the skill of knowing how to use the camera itself. It’s hard to believe these aren’t digital. See much more of his work here."

via thisiscolossal.com
IC 59 and IC 63 in Cassiopeia
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- 07November11 Astronomy
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"These bright rims and flowing shapes suggest to some melting ice cream on a cosmic scale. Looking toward the constellation Cassiopeia, the colorful (zoomable) skyscape features the swept back, comet-shaped clouds IC 59 (left) and IC 63. About 600 light-years distant, the clouds aren't actually melting, but they are slowly dissipating under the influence of ionizing ultraviolet radiation from hot,luminous star gamma Cas.

Gamma Cas is physically located only 3 to 4 light-years from the nebulae, just off the upper right edge of the frame. In fact, slightly closer to gamma Cas, IC 63 is dominated by red H-alpha light emitted as the ionized hydrogen atoms recombine with electrons.

Farther from the star, IC 59 shows proportionally less H-alpha emission but more of the characteristic blue tint of dust reflected star light. The field of view spans about 1 degree or 10 light-years at the estimated distance of gamma Cas and friends."

via apod.nasa.gov
50 of the World’s Best Breakfasts
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- 07November11 Breakfast Food World
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The Last Breakfast” by Brian Stuckey

"Salivating. That’s the only way to describe me after looking at all this food porn. I love to eat breakfast, it’s the best meal of the day as far as I’m concerned. Pancakes, cereal, brunch, eggs, healthy breakfasts, greasy breakfasts, I’m not fussy. My only trouble is what to choose…"

via blog.hostelbookers.com
Ventanillas de Otuzco, Peru,
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- 07November11 Necropolis Peru South America archaeology
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by Victor Miguel Ponce

"The ancient necropolis of Otuzco stills stands majestic, bearing testimony to the past grandeur of the people of Cajamarca, a valley nested in the highlands of northern Peru. The date of its construction is uncertain; some ceramic pieces have been dated to 1400 B.C. It was a vast necropolis, carved out of the surrounding rocky hill, painstakingly and with amazing precision, to house the remains of the dead of Cajamarca."

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SDO Spots New Behemoth Sunspot
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"NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has spotted one of the largest new sunspots to appear on the surface of the sun in years. It is nearly 25,000 miles wide, or more than three times larger than the Earth. The enormous sunspot was seen rotating over the sun’s northeastern limb on Nov. 3."

via wired.com

Death, Taxes and War 2012

The Beautiful Temples of Meteora Hover Above the Plain of Thessaly

High Speed Bubble-ographs by Heinz Maier

IC 59 and IC 63 in Cassiopeia

50 of the World’s Best Breakfasts

Ventanillas de Otuzco, Peru,

SDO Spots New Behemoth Sunspot

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