GALEX: The Andromeda Galaxy
Credit: GALEX, JPL-Caltech, NASA
Only hours before SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle blasts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the first private company to carry out a cargo test-run to the International Space Station (ISS) is ready to make history. Shown here on Friday, the Falcon 9 rocket stands proud on the launchpad.
The launch is still “GO” for 4:55am EST… For updates, follow @Discovery_Space and @astroengine on Twitter!
Solid, mind blowing photo essay on Alberta oil tar sands.
(Source: icanread)
Such a gorgeous man and talented actor :)Flawless faces (in no particular order) #4 Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003)
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Check Out This Fan-Made “Good Omens” Title Sequence
With a TV mini-series based on Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens still in development (recently confirmed by Gaiman himself on Twitter), this “book title sequence” made by Ariana T. on Vimeo gives us a tantalizing idea of what we might expect. A motion graphics assignment for school based on her favorite book, Ariana used After Effects and Photoshop to put this visually striking video.
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Moon Rising over the Seattle Waterfront (by David M Hogan - Now on Google+ too)
