The whimsical face coverings of illustrator Kit Layfield, each connected to collar-mounted contraptions containing fantastical ecosystems. Viral prophylactics? Environmental statements? Expressions of humanity’s simultaneous dependence on and exploitation of the natural world?
Make of them what you will.
More of his work here.
Location unspecified. Gardaí alerted.
Hostels In Ireland tweetz:
You find the funniest signs down in the country!
Why do we never see the Moon like this? Because of tidal locking.To wit:
…because the Earth’s moon is tidally locked to the Earth, showing us only one side. Given modern digital technology, however, combined with many detailed images returned by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a high resolution virtual Moon rotation movie has been composed. The featured time-lapse video starts with the standard Earth view of the Moon. Quickly, though, Mare Orientale, a large crater with a dark center that is difficult to see from the Earth, rotates into view just below the equator. From an entire lunar month condensed into 24 seconds, the video clearly shows that the Earth side of the Moon contains an abundance of dark lunar maria, while the lunar far side is dominated by bright lunar highlands. Currently, over 19 new missions to the Moon are under active development from eight different countries, most of which have expected launch dates in the next three years.
(Video: NASA, LRO, Arizona State U.)
The incredible, ultra-photorealistic ballpoint pen portraits of Nigerian artist Patrick Onyekwere, each one meticulously shaded and crosshatched from a few snapshots of his subjects.
Window Swap – a random view from someone else’s window (and you can also offer a view from your own). To wit:
Window Swap is here to fill that deep void in our wanderlust hearts by allowing us to look through someone else’s window, somewhere in the world, for a while.
Jump to a random window here.
A new animated video essay from The School Of Life. To wit:
Many of us lead lives that are harder than they should be because we haven’t realised a basic thing about ourselves: that we are introverts. We therefore keep driving ourselves into situations and challenges that should best be avoided and neglect our distinctive style of being content. We should dare to learn whether we belong in the introverted camp.
Previously: No One Will Ever Love You Like Your Mother
Behold: the 1968 Sonny Levi G. Cinquanta Day Boat, commissioned by the Italian industrialist Gianni Agnelli – former head of Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, and Ferrari – the richest man in modern Italian history.
11.2 metres long and propelled by four 8.0litre V8 Vulcano engines with a combined power of 1280bhp, the hull is made from laminated mahogany with a Burmese teak deck.
Maintained in mint condition for over half a century and yours for upward of €220,000.
Meanwhile, in 1918…
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Seriously though: wear a mask.
(H/T: Deadbeat Tennis)
A nutty Adult Swim Smalls short by Robert Bohn wherein a crustacean seeks help to avoid drying out at a grocery store.
