Mike Mitchell's Tumblr of Amazing Things.

Awesome color work by pastincolour.com of the 1927 Solvay conference ft Einstein, Curie, Lorentz and so many more. 

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A new picture from Cassini, Saturn with Titan in front. 

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Layers at the Base of Mount Sharp

A chapter of the layered geological history of Mars is laid bare in this postcard from NASA’s Curiosity rover. The image shows the base of Mount Sharp, the rover’s eventual science destination.

Wow

(Source: nasa.gov)

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So excited, my first decent picture of Jupiter!

I think the mirrors are slightly misaligned because the focus is off just a tad but I won’t complain. Expect something better in the future. 

You can barely make out a few of  the moons, but they are there. It’s much easier to see them through the scope. 

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So this week I drove 5 hours north to the outskirts of Yosemite to buy an 18” Dobsonian telescope. 

Decided to try and see if my current Astrophotography equipment would work on it, and holy shit. Will hopefully have some Jupiter pics so share by tomorrow. Saturn is unfortunately blocked for me at the moment.  

"I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats and I don’t intend to waste any of mine."

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Neil Armstrong

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14 pilots of the ultra-high-altitude Lockheed U-2 in full pressure suits

"Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so."

— Bertrand Russell

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The cost of the War on Terror vs. the Curiosity mission.

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Sorry for the absence, I was on a vacation in the middle of nowhere enjoying the nowhere-ness. 

I did manage to snap a picture of the moon while I was there though! From the night of July 31st. 

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“Sup”

(Source: nanosmo.com)

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Oh hellz chyeah. 

Scanning electron microscope image of a pyralidae moth, a side view of its head and curled proboscis.

(Source: Boston.com)

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Blood clot under an electron microscope. 

More stuff under an electric microscope. Keep in mind the color is added.

"From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity."

— Edvard Munch