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Watch a 400kg Meteorite Smash into the Moon

Not much to look at in terms of fidelity, but impressive nonetheless.

Photo by D.A.ST. Arteam courtesy the artists

Photo by D.A.ST. Arteam courtesy the artists

Located near the Red Sea in El Gouna, Egypt, Desert Breath is an impossibly immense land art installation dug into the sands of the Sahara desert by the D.A.ST. Arteam back in 1997. The artwork was a collaborative effort spanning two years between installation artist Danae Stratou, industrial designer Alexandra Stratou, and architect Stella Constantinides, and was meant as an exploration of infinity against the backdrop of the largest African desert. Covering an area of about 1 million square feet (100,000 square meters) the piece involved the displacement of 280,000 square feet (8,000 square meters) of sand and the creation of a large central pool of water.

Photo by D.A.ST. Arteam courtesy the artists

Photo by D.A.ST. Arteam courtesy the artists

Photo by D.A.ST. Arteam courtesy the artists

Photo by D.A.ST. Arteam courtesy the artists

Photo by D.A.ST. Arteam courtesy the artists

Photo by D.A.ST. Arteam courtesy the artists

Photo by D.A.ST. Arteam courtesy the artists

Photo by D.A.ST. Arteam courtesy the artists

Photo by D.A.ST. Arteam courtesy the artists

Although it’s in a slow state of disintegration, Desert Breath remains viewable some 17 years after its completion, you can even see it in satellite images taken from Google Earth. You can learn more about the project in the video above or read about it here. (via Visual News, Synaptic Stimuli)

 

 

Vesa Lehtimäki, also known as Avanaut on Flickr, has been designing LEGO scenes for many years, recreating worlds like Hoth and Tattooine from Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings’ Middle Earth, and the 1930s earth from Indiana Jones.

A recent article on fxguide.com revealed that Vesa’s work was one of the big inspirations for the creators of the LEGO Movie, and we invite you to see what it takes in Avanaut’s LEGO set. We also highly recommend you check out some of his other work with action figures as well as his Star Wars Scale Model Project.

Photos from Avanaut.

“Humans can’t live in the present like animals do. Humans are always thinking about the future or the past. So, it’s a veil of tears, man. And I don’t know anything that’s going to benefit me more than love. I just need an overwhelming amount of love. And a nap. Mostly a nap.”

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#wine #bottle #label #whalebone #boneyard #pasorobles #california #dog #bulldog #tiffy
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For the last few years Japanese artist Jun Kitagawa has been installing these giant zippers in public locations around Japan. The 2D and 3D artworks have appeared in buildings, on walls, and even in public ponds, revealing a peek of what lies just below the surface. You can see more over on his blog.

Surprisingly, Kitagawa is not the only artist in Japan working with zippers in public spaces. Artist Yasuhiro Suzuki conceived of a zipper boat back in 2004. The vessel takes advantage of the wake behind the boat to make it look like a giant zipper is unzipping the water. (via Spoon and Tamago)

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Don’t let that image fool you. Click on the video; you won’t regret it.

(You’ll probably also shed a few tears at the end.)

AHHHHHHHHH.  So good!

See this, THIS is how adult education and illiteracy should be in real life.
People being kind, supportive, encouraging, not mocking because you took a little longer to learn something.
I’m sorry I get really emotional about people learning and education and I’m crying really hard right now because I really wish this was a commercial for a adult education network/organization that was becoming mainstream and commonplace and celebrated and not about alcohol

This is a beautiful commercial. Even though it is a commercial for alcohol, it hands down beats the usual marketing devices for such products.

this is fucking fantastic

I’M NOT CRYING YOU’RE CRYING

you know I used to be a person who did not cry at things?

NOT TRUE ANYMORE.

jeez. watch this.

First: watch the video. Created by Swedish designer Erik Åberg the Ghostcube is a fascinating system of interlocking wood cubes that can be twisted, turned, and folded to create increasingly complex shapes reminiscent of origami. The Ghostcube variations demonstrated in the video above seem to rely on hinges that connect all of the various pieces together. Åberg appears to have open-sourced the design in 30 minutes of video footage which you can purchase from his website. (via The Awesomer)

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My next best song.

Teodoru Badiu.

3D renders of classic cartoon characters as wooden sculptures by Teodoru Badiu.  I’d love to see these be actual wooden pieces!  See more:

Teodoru Badiu: Website

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RD House (República Dominicana House) VASHO

some folks asked how i liked “mitt”, the documentary about the 6 years of mitt romney’s two failed attempts to become president.

it was a well-made documentary (technically speaking), but about half-way through i wanted to watch something else (i finished it because “sunk cost”).

in looking at why i wanted to stop watching i can say that there were a few reasons, but mostly it was just how totally tone deaf romney is to the realities of society.

he only has room in his mind for entrepreneurship and business. as i watched and listened, it occurred for me that he (and his wife) truly believe that everyone can be a small business owner, pull themselves up by their boot straps with no outside help and make themselves a financial success.

anyone not doing this is a leech - pure and simple.

entire parts of society simply do not exist for him, or can be explained away as people who’ve given up and are burden’s on his system.

this, when he admits, openly and without irony, that his dad did all the hard work, starting from nothing - and he himself started from great wealth and position.

so yeah, not a bad documentary - but it’s depressing to listen to 94 minutes of a man so totally out of touch with reality thinking he should be in charge. and then remembering 50% of my country thought he was spot on.

i managed a bookstore in LA for two years in the 90’s. this had me actually scream out with laughter.

other favorites i recall:

• "it’s a mystery series by a woman"
• "the one by that guy that isn’t grisham"
• "that career book about balloons or something"
• "women are from somewhere, men are from somewhere else"
• "which of these bible versions is the original?"
• "it’s a book with little wood chips in it"

i’ll never forget when that lady came in looking for that last one. we actually did have it and the other staff were sorta in awe that i knew where it was. dined on that one for a while i’ll tell ya.

via http://www.weheart.co.uk/2012/03/09/joshua-ben-longo/

If this is Saturn, where are the rings?