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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:39:20 -0500

sagansense: Something great, something big, something very...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:54:05 -0500

Something great, something big, something very special that’s never happened before is about to happen!

On July 19, 2013, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will be turned to image Saturn and its entire ring system during a total eclipse of the sun, as it has done twice before during its previous 9 years in orbit. But this time will be very different. This time, the images to be collected will capture, in natural color, a glimpse of our own planet next to Saturn and its rings on a day that will be the first time Earthlings know in advance their picture will be taken from a billion miles away. A full end-to-end mosaic of images of the ring system will be acquired over 4 hours on July 19. The Earth will be captured in a series of images taken between 21:27 to 21:42 UTC on that day, or 14:27 and 14:42 Pacific Daylight Time.

It will be a day for people all over the globe to celebrate together the extraordinary achievements that have made such an interplanetary photo session possible. And it will be a day to celebrate life on the Pale Blue Dot. Read the press release via CICLOPS.ORG.

The graphics shown below illustrate the position of our planet relative to Saturn, and the portion of Earth that will be illuminated at the time its pictures are captured.

Illuminated View: This graphic shows the view of Earth and the portion of its surface that will be illuminated during the Earth imaging event on July 19, 2013.

Taking Earth’s Picture from Nearly 900 Million Miles Away: This simulated view from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft on July 19, 2013, shows the expected positions of Saturn and Earth around the time Cassini is taking Earth’s picture.

via carolynporco

Carolyn Porco: This is Saturn | TED

Carolyn Porco: Could a Saturn moon harbor life? | TED
Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco studies and interprets the photos from the Cassini-Huygens mission, orbiting Saturn and its largest moon, Titan. She and a team of scientists from NASA and the European Space Agency have been analyzing the images that Cassini has been sending back since it left Earth in 1999. They’ve found many new rings and four new moons (so far). And they’ve produced breathtaking images and animations of the stormy face of Saturn, its busy rings, and its jumble of moons and moonlets.

Back in the mid-1980s, while still working on her doctorate, Porco was drafted onto a team at JPL that was crunching the mountains of data coming back from the Voyager fly-by of Saturn. Her work on the planet’s “ringlets,” and on a spoke pattern noticed in the rings, made an important connection between Saturn’s rings and its magnetic field — and cemented her connection with Saturn.

Her ongoing work at the Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations (CICLOPs) has two goals: to process and interpret the Cassini images for other scientists, and to make sure the images — in all their breathtaking poetry and mystery and sheer Save-Image-As-Desktop awesomeness — connect with the general public. She is an advocate for the exploration and understanding of planetary space, and her frequent talks (as well as her “Captain’s Log” memos on the CICLOPS website) speak to everyone, scientist and nonscientist alike.

Still Curious? Watch Carolyn again, this time, LEGO-fied! and watch a conversation with Carolyn, as she discusses the Saturn and Cassini Mission with astrophysicist and curator, Mike Shara of the American Museum of Natural History during the 217th American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle, Washington

“Imagine the day when we might journey to the Saturnine system, and visit the Enceladus interplanetary geyser park, just because we can.”

I love this woman.

The Earth takes its first selfie with Saturn.

selfhelpbook: irritable-belle-syndrome: If a report of mugging...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:52:22 -0500

selfhelpbook:

irritable-belle-syndrome:

If a report of mugging was treated like a report of rape.

Word indeed.

WORD

wearelosechesters: kennedyclintonkat: kennedyclintonkat: i...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:46:22 -0500

wearelosechesters:

kennedyclintonkat:

kennedyclintonkat:

i did a thing

this obviously isn’t exhaustive - these aren’t all the reasons why these women are feminists, and it’s certainly not all the feminists in pop culture at the moment

if i forgot anyone please put them in the reblogs

you motherfuckers

have some more notes bitch

edmuresdelight: Everybody represents a facet of himself [Mal]...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:12:48 -0500

edmuresdelight:

Everybody represents a facet of himself [Mal] that he has lost and that’s why he keeps them close and safe, and yet at arm’s length.

— Nathan Fillion, Firefly: The Official Visual Companion, Volume 1

trekkiemetalhead: Donald Glover talking about the comments he...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:53:10 -0500

trekkiemetalhead:

Donald Glover talking about the comments he received during his campaign to be the next Spider-Man (x)

“I was talking about it with Dan Eckman, who directed my Bonfire video. Can you imagine that trailer? That would be dope. Like it makes sense… a poor black kid in Queens. Like it just fits.”

I’m just gonna put this here.

itsdeepforhappypeople: ambitiousbard: jessidork: toastyhat: a...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:16:57 -0500

itsdeepforhappypeople:

ambitiousbard:

jessidork:

toastyhat:

awesomephilia:

Reverse gender stereotypes at the gym

Aaahhhh get on my dash you amusing thing you.

I kinda love it

this is actually great from an acting perspective.

the actors actually played the opposite gender instead of just relying on stereotypes (ironically enough) to portray that they were, in fact, the opposite gender. Usually if you tell a guy to act like a girl, he begins playing by the homosexual stereotype (faking a lisp, popping the hip, etc.) and while it accentuates femininity, it’s really uncomfortable and forced, making it just seem like he’s playing a stereotype instead of the actual gender. And girls will do this too; being told to play a male and instead just deepening the voice and say “dude” and “bro” a lot (although these are more common among modern practices).

The males played up femininity without coming off as a forced stereotype and the females played up masculinity and machismo without forcing their performance.

also the video is funny and I kind of forgot the point I was making.

“DONT BE A LITTLE PENIS COME ON”

phatbottomedqurl: paigeallenyummm: “this leaves men confused...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:12:32 -0500

phatbottomedqurl:

paigeallenyummm:

“this leaves men confused and unable to pigeonhole you. What they are forced to do instead is… take you seriously.”

Reblog every time

what is this frommm??????

iygrittenothing: ryuyosei: killipan-jones: purrim: purrim: why are blonde jokes so short? so...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:20:47 -0500

iygrittenothing:

ryuyosei:

killipan-jones:

purrim:

purrim:

why are blonde jokes so short?

so men can remember them

this took an unexpected turn

Not if you just asked for directions.

rj4gui4r: abstraire: Photo-realistic paintings by Mike...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:06:03 -0500

Yellow Sign 1, 4 x 6 inches (Oil on wood panel)

Liquor, 8 x 12 inches (Oil on wood panel)

Oliver, 4 x 6 inches (Oil on wood panel)

87 Bay Street Autumn, 12 x 8 inches (Oil on wood panel)

2010 House II, 6 x 4 inches (Oil on wood panel)

rj4gui4r:

abstraire:

Photo-realistic paintings by Mike Bayne

No fucking way. These can’t be paintings…

bugkisser: orchid-ink: nolan-kane: Codex Seraphinianus,...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:05:27 -0500

bugkisser:

orchid-ink:

nolan-kane:

Codex Seraphinianus, 1976-1978

‘The Codex Seraphinianus is a book written and illustrated by Italian artist, architect and industrial designer Luigi Serafini, from 1976 to 1978. The book appears to be a visual encyclopedia of an unknown world, written in one of its languages, an alphabetic writing intended to be meaningless.’

- Wikipedia

source

you guys don’t understand how much i love this book i want to be buried with it in my hands

burtoo: Photos taken to induce memories.

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:25:22 -0500

burtoo:

Photos taken to induce memories.

boredn0w:

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 20:25:55 -0500

boredn0w:

Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things...

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:09:08 -0500

Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it. And by doing it, they’re proven right. Because, I think there’s something inside of you, and inside of all of us, when we see something and we think, “I think I can do it, I think I can do it. But I’m afraid to.” Bridging that gap, doing what you’re afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that, that is what life is.

At Miami airport. Surely someone’s leaving soon. Leaving...

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:14:51 -0500

At Miami airport. Surely someone’s leaving soon. Leaving this astral plane, that is. (at Miami International Airport (MIA))

highfunctioningdarklordofall: farwin: hoplophilia: Dragon’s...

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:52:20 -0500

highfunctioningdarklordofall:

farwin:

hoplophilia:

Dragon’s Breath is a very gorgeous type of opal made into many types of jewelry.

They look like gateways to other dimensions… :O

That top left one looks like it’s plotting to take over Middle Earth

"Women are afraid of meeting a serial killer. Men are afraid of meeting someone fat."

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:44:49 -0500

“Women are afraid of meeting a serial killer. Men are afraid of meeting someone fat.”

-
When Strangers Click, a 2011 documentary about online dating.

It reminds me of that famous Margaret Atwood quote: “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” It also reminds me of something written by one of the mods of Sex Worker Problems: “Misandry irritates. Misogyny kills.” (via tealeafprincess)

Richard Castle as Malcom Reynolds

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:40:24 -0500

Richard Castle as Malcom Reynolds

elfogadunk: Gwendoline Christie fangirling over Jaime...

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:30:40 -0500

elfogadunk:

Gwendoline Christie fangirling over Jaime Lannister.

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Thu, 23 May 2013 19:20:19 -0500