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  • Jupiter Montage

    • 22 Nov 2011
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    • 21November11 Astronomy Jupiter
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    "This montage of New Horizons images shows Jupiter and its volcanic moon Io, and were taken during the spacecraft's Jupiter flyby in early 2007.

    The image of Jupiter is an infrared color composite taken by the spacecraft's near-infrared imaging spectrometer, the Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array.

    The infrared wavelengths used highlight variations in the altitude of the Jovian cloud tops, with blue denoting high-altitude clouds and hazes, and red indicating deeper clouds.

    The prominent bluish-white oval is the Great Red Spot. The observation was made at a solar phase angle of 75 degrees but has been projected onto a crescent to remove distortion caused by Jupiter's rotation during the scan

    The image of Io is an approximately true-color composite taken by the panchromatic Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager with color information provided by the Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera.

    The image shows a major eruption in progress on Io's night side, at the northern volcano Tvashtar. Incandescent lava glows red beneath a volcanic plume, whose uppermost portions are illuminated by sunlight. The plume appears blue due to scattering of light by small particles within it."
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  • Acharagma roseana

    • 22 Nov 2011
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    • 21November11 Cactus
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  • NGC 7822 in Cepheus

    • 22 Nov 2011
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    "Hot, young stars and cosmic pillars of gas and dust seem to crowd into NGC 7822. At the edge of a giant molecular cloud toward the northern constellation Cepheus, the glowing star forming region lies about 3,000 light-years away. Within the nebula, bright edges and dark shapes are highlighted in this colorful skyscape. The image includes data from narrowband filters, mapping emission from atomic oxygen, hydrogen, and sulfur into blue, green, and red hues. The atomic emission is powered by energetic radiation from the hot stars, whose powerful winds and radiation also sculpt and erode the denser pillar shapes. Stars could still be forming inside the pillars by gravitational collapse, but as the pillars are eroded away, any forming stars will ultimately be cutoff from their reservoir of star stuff. This field spans around 40 light-years at the estimated distance of NGC 7822."
    via apod.nasa.gov

     

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  • Red Sea Urchin - Strongylocentrotus franciscanus

    • 22 Nov 2011
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  • Transport IV

    • 22 Nov 2011
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    • 21November11 Electrons Flow Patterns Physics Rendering nature
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    ""Transport IV," from the Gallery of Eric J. Heller. Explanation of image, as taken from Heller Gallery: The Transport series renders electron flow paths in a "two dimensional electron gas" (2DEG), Inspired by the experiments of Mark Topinka, Brian Leroy, and professor Robert Westervelt at Harvard.

    Our group was responsible for the theoretical treatment of the problem, primarily Scot Shaw, and myself. Transport VI is based on the actual electron flow patterns for electrons riding over a bumpy landscape, which is what they encounter in the 2DEG. The electrons have more than enough energy to ride over any bump in the landscape, and the concentrations of electron flow seen here are unexpected indirect effects of that bumpy ride.

    The channeling or branching was a surprise and has serious implications for small electronic devices of the future. Transport VI is an excellent example of the wonderful way nature emulates herself in different contexts. Thus, the folding of the electron trajectories is like looking through translucent kelp, or like ridges on a mountain."
    via redorbit.com

     

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  • Christ the Redeemer (Cristo Redentor), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    • 22 Nov 2011
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    "Christ the Redeemer (Cristo Redentor), the statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, constructed between 1922 and 1931, is considered the second largest Art Deco statue in the world. Visible from a distance of 20 miles, the statue is 39.6 meters (130 ft) tall and 30 meters (98 ft) wide, weighing 635 tons. It is atop the peak of the 700-metre (2,300 ft) Corcovado Mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park, overlooking Rio de Janeiro.

    On 7 July 2007, Christ the Redeemer was named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in a list compiled by the Swiss-based The New Open World Corporation (second in their list). The other New Seven Wonders of the World are Chichen Itza (#1), a large pre-Columbian archaeological site in Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), The Colosseum (#3) or the Coliseum, the Flavian Amphitheatre in Rome (Italy), The Great Wall of China (#4) in northern China, consisting of several walls built since the 5th century BC, Machu Picchu or Machu Pikchu (#5), a pre-Columbian 15th-century Inca site, on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, Petra (#6), a historical and archaeological city established around the 6th century BC on the slope of Mount Hor (Jordan), and The Taj Mahal (#7), a mausoleum in Agra, India." 

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  • Liberty Enlightening the World

    • 22 Nov 2011
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    • 21November11 Historical Liberty Posters United States
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    "This Currier & Ives lithograph, circa 1885, was created as an advertising for kerosene Star Lamps: "The great Bartholdi statue, Liberty Enlightening the World with the world renowned and beautiful Star Lamp. Holmes, Booth & Hayden's beautiful 'Star Lamp' is sent to any address, the world over, by The Supply Agency, 517 Lexington Avenue, New York.""
    via vintagraph.com

     

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  • CHOW Tip - Pasta, Cold Water and a Frying Pan

    • 22 Nov 2011
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    • 21November11 Cooking Food Pasta Preparation
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    "The next time you make pasta, instead of waiting for a huge pot of water to boil before you add pasta, consider starting with cold water and a large frying pan to get the pasta cooked perfectly, quickly, and with just enough pasta water left in the pan for a sauce to go with your meal." lifehacker.com 
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