Friday, July 31, 2009

Monday, July 27, 2009

Docked Space Shuttle and Station Cross the Sun


"A photographer [Thierry Legault] has captured a stunning photo of the space shuttle Endeavor docked with the International Space Station crossing the face of the sun." via Wired



Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Vector Road


Click the image for the animation. I remember but can't place this.


Monday, July 20, 2009

Honda


Green Honda motorcycle.
flickr by jeremyhead. via Dropular


Anak Krakatau


via swisseduc.ch
"The passing storm has cleared the air: Big Dipper points towards Anak Krakatau in eruption, exactly north of Palau Rakata. The pole star is almost exactly behind the volcano, but just under the horizon."


Friday, July 17, 2009

Thursday, July 16, 2009

NASA's restored video showing Neil Armstrong's first moonwalk


YouTube via rubykeilana. via Retro Thing
"To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, NASA released partially restored video of a series of 15 memorable moments from the July 20 moonwalk. This video shows Neil Armstrong making his way to the lunar surface, by climbing down the lunar module ladder.

Footage courtesy of NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center"




Update: additional images via boston.com







Update: step by step audio and interactive site: http://www.wechoosethemoon.org/


Thursday, July 09, 2009

Michael Jackson Tribute - Stockholm. July 8, 2009


YouTube via pierrewikberg
"These are two performances made at Segels Torg and the Central Station (a third installment is planned to happen at Stureplan at 23.00 tonight).

The dance collective Bounce came up with the idea and invited the public to a short choreographed session before hitting the streets.

Copyright Pierre Wikberg"


Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

A Paper Craft Castle On the Ocean



via Tokyobling’s Blog
"I had the immense opportunity to see this wonderful paper craft art installation by a genius of the name of Wataru Itou, a young student of a major art university here in Tokyo. The installation is hand made over four years of hard work, complete with electrical lights and a moving train, all made of paper!"