Not all those who wander are lost

keyframe

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:30:10 +0100

n. a moment that seemed innocuous at the time but ended up marking a diversion into a strange new era of your life—set in motion not by a series of jolting epiphanies but by tiny imperceptible differences between one ordinary day and the next, until entire years of your memory can be compressed into a handful of indelible images—which prevents you from rewinding the past, but allows you to move forward without endless buffering.

edwardspoonhands: the-science-llama: If Earth Had Rings First...

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:30:21 +0100

Guatamala

Washington, DC

Quito, Ecuador

Polynesia The Earth's Shadow appears on the Rings at night

Arctic Circle The Rings are barely visible

edwardspoonhands:

the-science-llama:

If Earth Had Rings

First off, they would be really pretty to look at. They would also dominate the sky in both night and day at exactly the same place as they would never rise nor set. And at night you would see the Earth’s shadow swing across the rings, like in the 4th photo here.

However, life would be very different on Earth if this were the case. Nocturnal animals would have a hard time being nocturnal, as the light reflecting from the rings would illuminate the night.

Because we are closer to the Sun than Saturn is, the rings would be more rocky than ice, making them less bright but still pretty bright. In fact, you would see far less stars at night (living anywhere other than the equator or the arctic circle) because of the light pollution and not to mention ruin most meteor showers because of that.

During the day the rings would block sunlight in certain regions of the planet creating wild weather cycles and effecting plant life as well. So basically, they would be definitely pretty to look at but they would also make a whole lot of things screwy.

Illustrations by Ron Miller // io9
— Click the photos for captions

DANGIT EARTH! WHY YOU NO HAVE RINGS!

Iron Man 3 scene after credits

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:00:26 +0100

Iron Man 3 scene after credits

Nobody knows what the future holds it’s bad enough just getting...

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:30:19 +0100

Nobody knows what the future holds

it’s bad enough just getting old

live my life in self-defense

you know I love the past cause I hate suspense

if dying young won’t change your mind

baby, baby, baby, baby right on time

deafmuslimpunx: exquisitedialectics: epistephilia: naturallybe...

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:16 +0100

deafmuslimpunx:

exquisitedialectics:

epistephilia:

naturallybent:

vandana says it so right, always. —nb

read this and watch this.

this woman, i’m tellin you.

I just want to meet two women before I die. Arundhati Roy and Vandhana Shiva.

A great quote from my favourite thinkers / writers / philosophers: Vandana Shiva.

urhajos: WRDBNR

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:30:03 +0100

urhajos: WRDBNR

"I do not know how to tell you what I am feeling. You ask, and my tongue strangles itself. It chokes..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:00:22 +0100

“

I do not know how to tell you
what I am feeling.

You ask, and
my tongue strangles itself.
It chokes itself silent.

Under my heart,
there is a wellspring
of things I wish I could
tell you, and my tongue
is the cork stoppering
them up. It is the sentinel
warden at the gate, letting
none of the prisoners through.

I wish I could drive a spile
under my ribs
and let it all pour out for you.

”

- “The Traitor Tongue and the Wellspring Heart”, Gabriel Gadfly (via commovente)

"I asked her if she believed in love, and she smiled and said it was her most elaborate method of..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:30:18 +0100

“I asked her if she believed in love, and she smiled and said it was her most elaborate method of self-harm”

- Benedict Smith (via fabulousbitch69)

woodendreams: (by pho.tho.mas)

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00:29 +0100

woodendreams: (by pho.tho.mas)

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Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:25 +0100

gilikes: Caffeinated Owl Chart

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:26 +0100

gilikes: Caffeinated Owl Chart

Photo

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:30:20 +0100

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Tue, 21 May 2013 18:00:21 +0100

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Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:14 +0100

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Fri, 17 May 2013 22:30:03 +0100

Clouds, Birds, Moon, Venus Isaac Gutiérrez Pascual (Spain)

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:30:23 +0100

Clouds, Birds, Moon, Venus
Isaac Gutiérrez Pascual (Spain)

matt-molloy: 186 photos of the sunset merged into one image...

Sun, 12 May 2013 21:00:28 +0100

matt-molloy:

186 photos of the sunset merged into one image using the lighten layer-blending mode in photoshop. I like the pattern in the clouds created from the interval between shots.

Photo

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:00:21 +0100

"I have so much I want to tell you, and nowhere to begin."

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:30:16 +0100

“I have so much I want to tell you, and nowhere to begin.”

- J.D. Salinger; Seymour - An Introduction (via modernhepburn)

Milky Way on Ecrins - The French Alps

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:00:21 +0100

Milky Way on Ecrins - The French Alps