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georgetakei:

Soon there will be kids who won’t know what their “save” icon is. Scary.

Sorry George Takei, but that’s not entirely true. After all, twenty-somethings still know what records are! We also know about phonographs and telegraphs! Just because we don’t necessarily use them doesn’t mean we don’t know what they are or how they work.

the-science-llama:

Super Moon
— June 23, 2013

Be sure to look out for the Moon these next few months as it approaches Perigee, because the full moons during these times will appear exceptionally large. The Moon will be at its Perigee, or closest approach, in July 23 and it will reach full moon only a few minutes after it passes this point in its orbit.

These ‘super moons’ not only appear larger because they are physically closer but, combined with a full moon, the mind can play tricks on you to think they are much larger. This phenomena is called the Moon Illusion. Try to catch these full moons as they rise/set because the illusion works when there is an object in the foreground, like a tree, building or mountains.

Stargazing Events for 2013

(via thescienceofreality)

doubleshiny:

“A quarter of a century after Lt Uhura boldly went where no African American had gone before, her protogee returned the favor. Before blasting into orbit aboard the Endeavour in 1992, Dr Mae Jemison, the first woman of color in space, called actress Nichelle Nichols to thank her for the inspiration. And then she made a promise.

Despite NASA’s rigid protocol, Jemison would begin each shift with a salute that only a Trekkie could appreciate. “Hailing frequencies open,” she could be heard repeating throughout the eight day mission.”

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moniquephotography:

Tzfat, Israel

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Sterne über Salzburg

livingbetterinc:

Stars Over Salzburg

The city lights of Salzburg cast an orangish glow in this photo, taken from a vantage point in the Austrian Alps by Andreas Max Bockle. This image was the first-place winner in the “Against the Lights” category.

Photo by Andreas Max Bockle / TWAN 2013

thats-the-way-it-was:

May 20, 1927: At 7:52 a.m., American aviator Charles A. Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, on the world’s first solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean and the first ever nonstop flight between New York to Paris.

Photo: The ‘Spirit of St. Louis’ Ryan monoplane with Charles Lindbergh at the controls during an early test flight over San Diego, California. May, 1927 (Hulton Archive/Stringer)

(via certainthingsannoyme)

anyone else reminded of this? (Pink  Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album)

Pink Floyd “Run Like Hell” lyrics from another album (The Wall): Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run.

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