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- A column of capybaras marches through the streets of the Brazilian city of Campo Grande
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- "Hallow," a sculpture by Daniel Popper
It can be found at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, USA.
https://streetartutopia.com/2024/02/15/hallow-sculpture-by-daniel-popper-in-lisle-illinois/
Check Daniel Popper out with your search engine of choice, because pretty much all of his sculptures are amazing.
- Sharpest view ever of the Andromeda galaxy
This zoomable picture of the Andromeda galaxy has insane detail. It really impressed me with the crazy amount of stars visible once you fully zoom in. And that is just a small section of one galaxy! Made me realise how unfathomable the total amount of stars in the universe really is
- Microsurgery Assistance Robot Stitching a Corn Kernel
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- Building a machine to create fractals through video feedback
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This man has spend the past 30+ years perfecting a machine to create beautiful fractals through HD video feedback
!https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/edd0a9a9-b07f-46b6-9b44-06ee1b8f2eb3.gif
- Drone footage of Sinuiju City North Korea
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XiaoHao2 took these pics and videos from across the China boarder with a dgi drone in 2020. They uploaded just recently. Here's some more pics
- Rare photographs of war dogs with gas masks, 1915-1970rarehistoricalphotos.com Rare photographs of war dogs with gas masks, 1915-1970
There was nothing more terrifying in the trenches than the call of a gas attack — “Gas! Gas!”. This warning cry sent men scrambling for their masks as the poisonous fog enveloped them. Soldiers suc…
- The Jean-Pierre Ponthieu Rhomboid Automodule - Possibly the weirdest car of the 20th century.www.bubblemania.fr Jean-Pierre Ponthieu the Rhomboid Automodule, Pussycars
(1968 – 1970)He studied at Ecole Saint-Exupéry at HEM between 1971 and 1990. Inventor
- Zelensky’s phone call to Macron to inform him that the invasion startedvimeo.com A President, Europe and War - Extract
This is "A President, Europe and War - Extract" by Scorpion TV on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
- AlphaBay: From Dark Web Kingpin to Fallen Empire
AlphaBay, once the dark web's kingpin marketplace, peddled illegal goods and fueled criminal activity. Its takedown was a victory, but the dark web's hydra keeps rising, posing new challenges for law
- New York Skyline 360 Panorama: 20 Gigapixels360gigapixels.com New York Skyline 360 Panorama: 20 Gigapixels
The largest photo ever made of New York City. This image was shot with a Canon 5Dsr with a 135mm lens. It is a 360 degree, gigapixel image of Manhattan, New York City, and the surrounding landscape. Shot from the top of the Empire State Building in October 2015.
The camera captures so much data, that you can read street signs from the top of the building just by digitally zooming!
- Stairwell in an abandoned button factory.
More info: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stairs-abandoned-button-factory/
- After a Space Shuttle astronaut threatened to not come back unless he had more time to work on his experiment, NASA put a padlock on the airlock door and only the mission commander had the key.arstechnica.com What happens when an astronaut in orbit says he’s not coming back?
"If you guys don't give me a chance to repair my instrument, I'm not going back."
> On the second day of the mission, Wang floated over to his experiment and sought to activate the Drop Dynamics Module. But it didn't work. He asked the NASA flight controllers on the ground if he could take some time to try to troubleshoot the problem and maybe fix the experiment. But on any Shuttle mission, time is precious. Every crew member has a detailed timeline, with a long list of tasks during waking hours. The flight controllers were reluctant. > >After initially being told no, Wang pressed a bit further. "Listen, I know my system very well," he said. "Give me a shot." Still, the flight controllers demurred. Wang grew desperate. So he said something that chilled the nerves of those in Houston watching over the safety of the crew and the Shuttle mission. > >"Hey, if you guys don't give me a chance to repair my instrument, I'm not going back," Wang said.
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> So in the immediate aftermath, someone at NASA, probably within the crew office, initiated the capability of a commander to lock the hatch if he or she felt uncomfortable about a crew member. It was used frequently in subsequent missions involving payload specialists.
- The Gruesome History of Eating Corpses as Medicinewww.smithsonianmag.com The Gruesome History of Eating Corpses as Medicine
The question was not “Should you eat human flesh?” says one historian, but, “What sort of flesh should you eat?”
- Found a WPG Rock and learnt this is a think
On the back says: 'Keep or Rehide' 'WPG Rocks'. Just found there is a fcebook group, artists hide them to be discovered. Not an English speaker so I am not sure if that 'keeps' means that I could bring it with me, so I rehide it to be found by another person :)
- Hangar One in Mt View, California [OC]
TL;DR from Atlas Obscura:
One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now just a giant skeleton.
Originally built in 1933, the huge hangar covers eight acres of land and stands almost 200 feet high, and could cover six football fields beneath its canopy.
- The Closest Planet To Neptune Turns Out To Be... Mercurywww.iflscience.com The Closest Planet To Neptune Turns Out To Be... Mercury
Everything you've been taught is a lie.
- Sharks are older than treeswww.sea.museum Ten interesting facts about sharks - Australian National Maritime Museum
Don't let Jaws ruin your perception of sharks! Through their evolution, sharks have shaped our oceans into the rich habitats we know today. As apex predators (animals that are at the top of the food chain), sharks play an important role in the ecosystem and help keep the ocean and fish populations h...
I heard this on The Infinite Monkey Cage yesterday and had to look it up and share.
- First Class amenities on Emirates Airlineswww.nerdwallet.com 9 Best Perks of Emirates Airlines First Class - NerdWallet
Emirates Airlines first class is a bucket list item for many travelers. Here's what to expect in its luxurious cabin, complete with an onboard shower.
- Temptations of an open-source browser extension developergithub.com Temptations of an open-source browser extension developer · extesy/hoverzoom · Discussion #670
Over the years, I have received many proposals to monetize this extension so I think I'll just start posting them here for fun (but not for profit). The main reason I continue to maintain this exte...
[...] hopefully this thread would shed some light on what kind of pressure is put on extension developers.
- Recovering orphaned radioisotope sources in the wilderness
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Backstory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lia_radiological_accident
- Barreleye fish: The deep-sea weirdo with rotating eyes and a see-through headwww.livescience.com Barreleye fish: The deep-sea weirdo with rotating eyes and a see-through head
Thanks to a yellow pigment that filters out sunlight, barreleyes can't be fooled by a common deep-sea camouflage tactic.
As their name suggests, barreleye fish have really weird tubular eyes that they can rotate to gaze upward through their transparent foreheads. Although they appear green, the lenses are actually tinted with a yellow pigment that helps these bizarre fish distinguish between sunlight and bioluminescence.
- Statue of Unity - Wikipedia
The Statue of Unity is the world's tallest statue, with a height of 182 metres (597 feet), located near Kevadia in the state of Gujarat, India. It depicts Indian statesman and independence activist Vallabhbhai Patel (1875–1950), who was the first deputy prime minister and home minister of independent India...
The project was first announced in 2010, and construction started in October 2013 ... with a total construction cost of ₹27 billion (US$422 million). It was designed by Indian sculptor Ram V. Sutar and was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, on 31 October 2018, the 143rd anniversary of Patel's birth.
- How camera captures rate changes due to amount of light
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The camera auto adjusts exposure and it gets all derpy with rolling shutter :)