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usagov: Flying Over Earth At Night Video description From...

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:01:02 -0400

Flying Over Earth At Night

Video description

From NASA:

Many wonders are visible when flying over the Earth at night. A compilation of such visual spectacles was captured recently from the International Space Station (ISS) and set to rousing music.

Passing below are white clouds, orange city lights, lightning flashes in thunderstorms, and dark blue seas.

On the horizon is the golden haze of Earth’s thin atmosphere, frequently decorated by dancing auroras as the video progresses. The green parts of auroras typically remain below the space station, but the station flies right through the red and purple auroral peaks. Solar panels of the ISS are seen around the frame edges.

The ominous wave of approaching brightness at the end of each sequence is just the dawn of the sunlit half of Earth, a dawn that occurs every 90 minutes.

showslow: An invisible red thread connects those who are...

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:56:49 -0400

showslow:

An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstances. The thread may stretch or tangle but will never break.

showslow: Drawings and Illustrations by Louise McNaught: Don’t...

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:14:09 -0400

showslow:

Drawings and Illustrations by Louise McNaught:

Don’t let the B******’s get you down!

Cross my heart and hope to die

shadesofwarpedme: I ain’t this close to my family, what about...

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:39:08 -0400

shadesofwarpedme:

I ain’t this close to my family, what about you??

Not disturbing enough…throw in a Christmas Tree.

redhotsathya: A 50- something year old white woman arrived at...

Sat, 09 Jun 2012 03:12:23 -0400

redhotsathya:

A 50- something year old white woman arrived at her seat on a crowded flight and immediately didn’t want the seat. The seat was next to a black man. Disgusted, the woman immediately summoned the flight attendant and demanded a new seat. The woman said “I cannot sit here next to this black man.” The fight attendant said “Let me see if I can find another seat.” After checking, the flight attendant r…eturned and stated “Ma’am, there are no more seats in economy, but I will check with the captain and see if there is something in first class.” About 10 minutes went by and the flight attendant returned and stated “The captain has confirmed that there are no more seats in economy, but there is one in first class. It is our company policy to never move a person from economy to first class, but being that it would be some sort of scandal to force a person to sit next to an UNPLEASANT person, the captain agreed to make the switch to first class.” Before the woman could say anything, the attendant gestured to the black man and said, “Therefore sir, if you would so kindly retrieve your personal items, we would like to move you to the comfort of first class as the captain doesn’t want you to sit next to an unpleasant person.” Passengers in the seats nearby began to applause while some gave a standing ovation.

usagov: Image description: The Central California coast at...

Sat, 09 Jun 2012 03:11:56 -0400

usagov:

Image description: The Central California coast at sunset.

Photo by Joe MilMoe, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services

rulesformyunbornson: DOWN IN FRONT.

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:51:35 -0400

rulesformyunbornson:

DOWN IN FRONT.

bendoeslife: Fascinating/depressing obesity infographic. click...

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 04:25:06 -0400

bendoeslife:

Fascinating/depressing obesity infographic.

click through for big.

blackandwtf: Early 1900s A zookeeper and a young visitor with a...

Tue, 29 May 2012 11:53:25 -0400

blackandwtf:

Early 1900s

A zookeeper and a young visitor with a hippopotamus at the St. Louis Zoo in the early 20th century.

britticisms: Delphine Diallo

Mon, 21 May 2012 17:31:32 -0400

britticisms:

Delphine Diallo

fldn: Chicago’s Newest Vertical Farm: The...

Fri, 18 May 2012 09:06:12 -0400

fldn:

Chicago’s Newest Vertical Farm: The Plant.

http://www.good.is/post/a-former-chicago-meatpacking-plant-becomes-a-self-sustaining-vertical-farm/

"No one will ever know the specifics of what you’re going through, but they’ll know exactly how you..."

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:51:29 -0400

“No one will ever know the specifics of what you’re going through, but they’ll know exactly how you choose to handle it.”

- (via thespartanwarrior)

blackandwtf: 1952 Two Los Angeles policeman and a skeleton...

Sat, 12 May 2012 12:15:42 -0400

blackandwtf:

1952

Two Los Angeles policeman and a skeleton named “Mr. Statistic” attempt to warn drivers about traffic fatalities during Labor Day weekend.

(via mothgirlwings)

urbanfoodproduction: Stephen Ritz is a South Bronx...

Sat, 12 May 2012 12:14:44 -0400

urbanfoodproduction:

Stephen Ritz is a South Bronx teacher/administrator. With the help of extended student and community family they have grown over 25,000 pounds of vegetables in the Bronx while generating extraordinary academic performance. His Bronx classroom features the first indoor edible wall in NYC DOE which routinely generates enough produce to feed 450 students healthy meals and trains the youngest nationally certified workforce in America. Stephen has consistently moved attendance from 40% to 93% daily, helped fund/create 2,200 youth jobs, captured the US EPA Award for transforming mindsets and landscapes in NYC, recently won the ABC Above and Beyond Award, helped earn his school the first ever Citywide Award of Excellence from the NYC Strategic Alliance for Health and attributes these results directly to growing vegetables in school. His speech at Columbia University, “From Crack to Cucumbers,” along with the release of a You-Tube Video (Urban Farming NYC) resulted in a national following including an invite to the White House Garden. Dedicated to harvesting hope and cultivating minds, Stephen dreams of opening a nationally replicable Career Technical Education public school in the poorest Congressional District in America rooted in urban agriculture, green and sustainable initiatives. For more information, visit www.greenbronxmachine.com

futurejournalismproject: What Happens in an Internet Minute Via...

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:27:10 -0400

futurejournalismproject:

What Happens in an Internet Minute

Via Intel:

In just one minute, more than 204 million emails are sent. Amazon rings up about $83,000 in sales. Around 20 million photos are viewed and 3,000 uploaded on Flickr. At least 6 million Facebook pages are viewed around the world. And more than 61,000 hours of music are played on Pandora while more than 1.3 million video clips are watched on YouTube.

All in all, that’s 625 terabytes of information sloshing about the tubes each minute.

If we do some math that’s 878.9 petabytes per day which is a bit difficult to wrap our mind around.

But if we convert that to the universal measurement of the MP3, we get the equivalent of about 235.9 billion songs passing through the internet and mobile networks each day.