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Another fascinating video essay by The School Of Life. Are you listening? Anyone? Hello? To wit:

Though we all long to have our feelings and needs acknowledged, it seems that nothing is more common than for these to be neglected by people around us. We take so little time to listen to one another and to show that we have absorbed what people have told us. As a result, everyone gets increasingly angry and – deep inside – sad. The answer is to make the art of listening a global priority.

Previously: I Am Not My Body

Sunrise doesn’t normally look like this.

Because the moon’s not normally in the way, as it was on the morning of May 10th, 2013 when seen from Western Australia. To wit:

At times, it would be hard for the uninformed to understand what was happening. In an annular eclipse, the Moon is too far from the Earth to block the entire Sun, and at most leaves a ring of fire where sunlight pours out around every edge of the Moon. The featured time-lapse video also recorded the eclipse through the high refraction of the Earth’s atmosphere just above the horizon, making the unusual rising Sun and Moon appear also flattened. As the video continues on, the Sun continues to rise, and the Sun and Moon begin to separate. This weekend, a new annular solar eclipse will occur, visible from central Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and a narrow band across Asia, with much of Earth’s Eastern hemisphere being able to see a partial solar eclipse.

(Video: Colin Legg & Geoff Sims; Music: Peter Nanasi)

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Behold: big, beautiful barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 – a mere 61 million light years distant on the banks of the constellation Eridanus. To wit:

This Hubble Space Telescope composite view of the gorgeous island universe is one of the largest Hubble images ever made of a complete galaxy. NGC 1300 spans over 100,000 light-years and the Hubble image reveals striking details of the galaxy’s dominant central bar and majestic spiral arms. In fact, on close inspection the nucleus of this classic barred spiral itself shows a remarkable region of spiral structure about 3,000 light-years across. Like other spiral galaxies, including our own Milky Way, NGC 1300 is thought to have a supermassive central black hole.

Oo-er…etc.

(Image: Hubble Heritage Team, ESA, NASA)

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Behold: the Rimac Hyper Cyber – a conceptual superbike that takes its design cues from Tesla’s Cybertruck.

To wit: a large low body and angular silhouette. Added to this sharp polygonal design is an elongated swingarm, single piece seat and front facing LED.

It’s pure concept so there’s no performance data, spec, release date or pricing but that’s not to say the manufacturer won’t attempt a real-world vehicle.

More here.

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