Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
-Albert Einstein
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
National Geographic Photo of the Day: November 26th of 2013
Nuns, Jerusalem
November 26, 2013
November 26, 2013
Nuns, Jerusalem
Photograph by Eli Basri, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Your ShotsChurch of Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? I have never been to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, but this photograph takes me there. I can easily imagine the dampness of the ancient stones and the hushed echoes. The glimpse of the nuns clad in luminous white lends a timelessness and mystery to this photograph. —Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
Astronomy Picture of the Day: November 26th of 2013
2013 November 26
Cap Cloud over the Sierra Nevadas
Image Credit & Copyright: Guido Montañés
Explanation: One might say this was a bell weather day for the Sierra Nevada mountains. In January, just as the Sun was setting above the district of Albayzín in Grenada, Spain, a huge cloud appeared as a bell capping the Veleta peak. Such a Cap cloud is formed by air forced upwards by a mountain peak, with the air then cooling, saturating with moisture, and finally having its molecular water condense into cloud droplets. Such a bell-shaped cloud structure is unusual as air typically moves horizontally, making most clouds nearly flat across at the bottom. Vertical waves can also give additional lenticular cloud layers, as also seen above. Given the fleeting extent of the great cloud coupled with momentarily excellent sunset coloring, one might considered this also a bellwether day for an accomplished photographer.
Image Credit & Copyright: Guido Montañés
Monday, November 25, 2013
Twisted Sifter Picture of the Day: November 25th of 2013
THE POWER OF THE OCEAN
Photograph by TIAGO PINHEIRO
Website | Flickr | Facebook | Prints available
Website | Flickr | Facebook | Prints available
In this perfectly timed photo by Tiago Pinheiro, we see huge waves crashing into the pier at Praia da Aguda in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. The waves were the result of a powerful storm at sea on October 15, 2012.
In an interview with comolahice.com, Pinheiro explains that he sees the photo as a confrontation between man and nature and likes the contrast between the movement of the water and the solitude of the pier.
Prints are available through tmagesphoto.com. What an awesome display of nature’s power!
National Geographic Photo of the Day: November 25th of 2013
Photo of the Day
Ganges River, India
November 25, 2013
November 25, 2013
Ganges River, India
Photograph by Joy Acharyya, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Your ShotsThese kids were playing in the Ganges River in Varanasi, India. The moment this kid saw me with my camera, she posed with the huge flag in her hand and made my day.
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? Looking at this picture I am reminded of childhood adventure stories, and I like the fact that this was captured right as the subject became aware of the photographer—a salute to a fleeting moment. —Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
Astronomy Picture of the Day: November 25th of 2013
2013 November 25
Anemic Spiral NGC 4921 from Hubble
Image Credit: Data - Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA; Processing - Roberto Colombari
Explanation: How far away is spiral galaxy NGC 4921? Although presently estimated to be about 310 million light years distant, a more precise determination could be coupled with its known recession speed to help humanity better calibrate the expansion rate of the entire visible universe. Toward this goal, several images were taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in order to help identify key stellar distance markers known as Cepheid variable stars. Since NGC 4921 is a member of the Coma Cluster of Galaxies, refining its distance would also allow a better distance determination to one of the largest nearby clusters in the local universe. The magnificent spiral NGC 4921 has been informally dubbed anemic because of its low rate of star formation and low surface brightness. Visible in the above image are, from the center, a bright nucleus, a bright central bar, a prominent ring of dark dust, blue clusters of recently formed stars, several smaller companion galaxies, unrelated galaxies in the far distant universe, and unrelated stars in our Milky Way Galaxy.
Image Credit: Data - Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA; Processing - Roberto Colombari
Sunday, November 24, 2013
National Geographic Photo of the Day: November 24th of 2013
Computer Parts, French Polynesia
What is changing faster than our computers? This shot was taken in a high school yard in Tahiti, French Polynesia.
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? I love detail shots that play with the viewer's sense of scale. The tangled mass of hardware gives the feeling of gazing down into a dystopian mini-metropolis. —Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
November 24, 2013
November 24, 2013
Computer Parts, French Polynesia
Photograph by Philippe Reichert, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Your ShotsWhat is changing faster than our computers? This shot was taken in a high school yard in Tahiti, French Polynesia.
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? I love detail shots that play with the viewer's sense of scale. The tangled mass of hardware gives the feeling of gazing down into a dystopian mini-metropolis. —Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
Astronomy Picture of the Day : November 24th of 2013
2013 November 24
Comet Hale-Bopp Over Indian Cove
Image Credit & Copyright: Wally Pacholka (Astropics, TWAN)
Explanation: Comet Hale-Bopp, the Great Comet of 1997, was quite a sight. In the above photograph taken on 1997 April 6, Comet Hale-Bopp was imaged from the Indian Cove Campground in the Joshua Tree National Park in California, USA. A flashlight was used to momentarily illuminate foreground rocks in this six minute exposure. An impressive blue ion tail was visible above a sunlight-reflecting white dust tail. Comet Hale-Bopp remained visible to the unaided eye for over a year before returning to the outer Solar System and fading. As Comet ISON approaches the Sun this week, sky enthusiasts around the Earth are waiting to see if its tails will become even more spectacular than those displayed by Comet Hale-Bopp.
Image Credit & Copyright: Wally Pacholka (Astropics, TWAN)
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Twisted Sifter Picture of the Day: November 23rd of 2013
Picture of the Day: Sydney Through a Wine Glass
SYDNEY THROUGH A WINE GLASS
Photograph by DANIEL ROBERTS (New Dan on Flickr)
In this creative capture by Daniel Roberts, we see part of the iconic Sydney skyline reflected in a Kirribilli wine glass. Along with the famous Sydney Opera House you can also see the RMS Queen Mary 2. The optic phenomenon that is causing the image to flip upside down is known as refraction. To learn more about refraction check out this Wikipedia entry.
If you examine closely, you can also see an even tinier reflection in the stem of the wine glass. A really cool shot and wonderfully executed. You can see more of Daniel’s reflection photography here.
Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia. It is on Australia’s south-east coast, on the Tasman Sea. The greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people in 2010. Port Jackson, containing Sydney Harbour, is an inlet of the South Pacific Ocean and widely considered one of the finest harbours in the world.
National Geographic Photo of the Day: November 23rd of 2013
Stuttgart City Library, Germany
November 23, 2013
November 23, 2013
Stuttgart City Library, Germany
Photograph by Shu Koumura, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Your ShotsVisitors browse the Stuttgart City Library, a media center opened in 2011 and lauded for its clean and open design. Your Shot community member Shu Koumura shot on tungsten-type film and used an E-6 bleach bypass development process.
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? Film! That detail alone makes me smile. A nod to those still practicing the art of analog and alternative processing techniques aside, this is a great example of taking something straightforward—the already photogenic interior of the City Library in Stuttgart—and making a stand-out shot. —Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
Astronomy Picture of the Day: November 23rd of 2013
2013 November 23
Comet ISON from STEREO
Image Credit: Karl Battams, NASA, STEREO, CIOC
Explanation: Still intact, on November 21 Comet ISON (C/2012 S1) swept into this animated field of view (left) from the HI-1 camera on the STEREO-A spacecraft. The camera has also captured periodic Comet Encke, Mercury, and Earth, with the Sun cropped out of the frame at the right, the source of the billowing solar wind. From STEREO's perspective in interplanetary space, planet Earth is actually the most distant of the group, seen in its orbit beyond the Sun. Mercury is closest, but both planets are still so bright they create sharp vertical lines in the camera's detector. Both comets clearly sport substantial tails, but ISON is closer to the camera and will continue to move more rapidly through the field. Cameras on STEREO and SOHO spacecraft will be able to follow Comet ISON as it falls towards its close encounter with the Sun on November 28, even as ISON gets more difficult to see in the bright dawn skies of planet Earth.
Image Credit: Karl Battams, NASA, STEREO, CIOC
Friday, November 22, 2013
Thursday, November 21, 2013
MASERATI - Gran Turismo Sport
Elegance meets passion
Seeing the Maserati GranTurismo Sport in the flesh will get your heart racing. Thanks to its balanced and seductive form, the GranTurismo shape has been universally acclaimed as one of the most stylish coupes of all time. The Maserati Style Center has taken the original and refined many design details to produce an even more elegant and sporting version; the GranTurismo Sport will delight enthusiasts from every point of view.
National Geographic Photo of the Day: November 22nd of 2013
Skeleton, St. Lawrence River
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November 22, 2013
November 22, 2013
Skeleton, St. Lawrence River
Photograph by Stephen Clough, Your Shot
This Month in Photo of the Day: Your ShotsWhile walking along the St. Lawrence River in Quebec City I saw this skeleton.
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? This photograph has the elements of many shoreline shots I have seen—the waves made smooth by the long exposure time, the glistening sand—but the skeleton lends an unexpected and welcome twist. —Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
Astronomy Picture of the Day: November 22nd of 2013
2013 November 22
From California to the Pleiades
Image Credit & Copyright: Rogelio Bernal Andreo (Deep Sky Colors)
Explanation: An astronomical trip from the California Nebula to the Pleiades star cluster would cover just 12 degrees across planet Earth's night sky. That's equivalent to the angular extent of 25 Full Moons, as your telescope sweeps over the borders of the constellations Perseus and Taurus. This wide and deep mosaic image of the region explores the cosmic landscape's dusty nebulae and colors otherwise too faint for your eye to see. On the left, cataloged as NGC 1499, the California Nebula does have a familiar shape, though its coastline is actually over 60 light-years long and lies about 1,500 light-years away. The nebula's pronounced reddish glow is from hydrogen atoms ionized by luminous blue star Xi Persei seen just to its right. At the far right, the famous Pleiades star cluster is some 400 light-years distant and around 15 light-years across. Its spectacular blue color is due to the reflection of starlight by interstellar dust. In between are hot stars of the Perseus OB2 association and dusty, dark nebulae along the edge of the nearby, massive Perseus molecular cloud.
Image Credit & Copyright: Rogelio Bernal Andreo (Deep Sky Colors)
value
val·ue
[val-yoo] Show IPA noun, verb, val·ued, val·u·ing.
yu
noun
1.
relative worth, merit, or importance: the value of a college education; the value of a queen in chess.
2.
monetary or material worth, as in commerce or trade: This piece of land has greatly increased in value.
3.
the worth of something in terms of the amount of other things for which it can be exchanged or in terms of some medium of exchange.
4.
equivalent worth or return in money, material, services, etc.: to give value for value received.
5.
estimated or assigned
..he who seeks possessions for himself will never find them--until he begins to give of the abundance of possessions which he already has.
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Walter Russell
US Debt Clock
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United States National Debt: $17,173,658,395,403
Debt per Citizen: $54,152
United States National Debt: $17,173,658,395,403
Debt per Citizen: $54,152
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Executive Hat
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| Material | 100% Wool Felt |
| Brim | 1 7/8 inches |
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