The glorious depth and symmetries of Gareth Pon’s architectural photography – each one with a tiny rocket concealed, ‘Where’s Wally’-style, within the composition.
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From top: Ponte, Johannesburg (+detail); Chicago, Illinois (x3); Hong Kong (x2); Atlanta, Georgia (x2).
Behold: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (Comet CG) – as photographed in 2015 by ESA’s robotic Rosetta spacecraft, which orbited the thing from 2014 to 2016. The image shows the emerging jets which create the comet’s characteristic tail and will eventually lead to its destruction. To wit:
The picture shows plumes of gas and dust escaping numerous places from Comet CG‘s nucleus as it neared the Sun and heated up. The comet has two prominent lobes, the larger one spanning about 4 kilometers, and a smaller 2.5-kilometer lobe connected by a narrow neck. Analyses indicate that evaporation must be taking place well inside the comet’s surface to create the jets of dust and ice that we see emitted through the surface. Comet CG (also known as Comet 67P) loses in jets about a meter of radius during each of its 6.44-year orbits around the Sun, a rate at which will completely destroy the comet in only thousands of years. In 2016, Rosetta‘s mission ended with a controlled impact onto Comet CG’s surface.
An impressive 864 piece, half meter wide model of the International Space Station from Lego, designed with input from NASA including details like a posable Canadarm2, rotating, adjustable solar panels, and a brick-built space shuttle.
The set includes two astronaut minifigs, a display stand, and a 148-page instruction booklet filled with facts and info on the real-life ISS.
Yours for €70.
A short by Chinese digital artist Yi Le, inspired by a visit to Norway, featuring a sample from ‘You are a Miracle’ by Alan Watts and thereby telling the strange tale of a planet where mysterious experiments are being conducted to restore nature.
Full screen for the fine detail.
German educational design studio Kurzgesagt weighs up the prevailing science on both frothy-mouthed sides of the milk debate. To wit:
Over the last decade milk has become a bit controversial. Some people say it’s a necessary and nutritious food, vital for healthy bones, but others say it can cause cancer and lead to an early death.
Previously: Stellar Thrusters To Max
Behold: UGC 2885, also known as Rubin’s Galaxy, about 232 million light-years from us. Those bright spiky stars are actually in the foreground, toward the northern constellation Perseus, well within our own Milky Way galaxy. Rubin’s galaxy – over 200 million light years further away – is vast. To wit:
Some 800,000 light-years across compared to the Milky Way’s diameter of 100,000 light-years or so, it has around 1 trillion stars. That’s about 10 times as many stars as the Milky Way. Part of a current investigation to understand how galaxies can grow to such enormous sizes, UGC 2885 was also part of astronomer Vera Rubin’s pioneering study of the rotation of spiral galaxies. Her work was the first to convincingly demonstrate the dominating presence of dark matter in our universe.
(Image: NASA, ESA, B. Holwerda, University of Louisville)
An extraordinary display filmed at Jemeluk Bay in Bali by Abyss Dive Center Bali instructor Marie-Laure Vergne: juvenile striped eel catfish (Plotosus Lineatus) forming a dense mass, mimicking a much larger single creature to ward off predators.
Behold: the 1971 Datsun 240Z Series 1 Coupe. Inspired by the E-Type Jaguar and powered by a 2.4 litre inline six engine, this car marked the start (and for many the highpoint) of a new era for Japanese sports cars.
Presented in ‘time capsule’ condition, fully restored with copious documentation and a trifling 33,000km on the clock, this pristine survivor will sell in fie days time and is currently accepting bids upward of €71,000.
