MOTHER NATURE'S FEROCITY

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Glow in the night: Lava flows from Mount Merapi volcano as seen from Sidorejo village in the district of Klaten. The volcano's name translates as 'Mountain of Fire'  
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1325338/Images-fleeing-villagers-Indonesian-volcano-Mount-Merapi-erupts-again.html#ixzz13zJpQWMj

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

ULTRAVIOLET

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This mosaic of M31 merges 330 individual images taken by the Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope aboard NASA's Swift spacecraft. It is the highest-resolution image of the galaxy ever recorded in the ultraviolet. Also known as the Andromeda Galaxy, M31 is more than 220,000 light-years across and lies 2.5 million light-years away. On a clear, dark night, the galaxy is faintly visible as a misty patch to the naked eye.

The irregular shape of the image results when the more than 300 images were assembled to make the final image.

ALL PEOPLE

Gettysburg Address from Adam Gault on Vimeo.

BREAK OF DAY

Dawn photos on my almost daily morning climbs to the Twin Peaks overlook with my new Canon A3100 PowerShot.

SUN & MOON

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On Oct. 7, 2010, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, observed its first lunar transit when the new moon passed directly between the spacecraft (in its geosynchronous orbit) and the sun. With SDO watching the sun in a wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light, the dark moon created a partial eclipse of the sun.
Image Credit: NASA

NAT KING COLE REVISITED

TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC

Saturday the 9th October 2010, Evan Grant's Seeper collective mapped the IAC building in Chelsea, New York, NY. 
The video giant art project was made to celebrate the openeing of the the awards afterparty held in the foyer of the IAC building.

The IAC Building, InterActiveCorp's headquarters, is a Frank Gehry-designed building located in the Chelsea, Manhattan neighborhood of New York City that was completed in 2007. Reminiscent of several Gehry designs, it appears at a gross level to consist of two major levels: A large base of twisted tower-sections packed together like the cells of a bee hive, with a second bundle of lesser diameter sitting on top of the first. The cell units have the appearance of sails skinned over the skeleton of the building. The overall impression is of two very tall stories, which belies its actual 10-story structure.

Vanity Fair, writing about IAC corporation, argued that this is perhaps the world's most attractive offices (April 2008 issue).

OBSCENE WEALTH

MUMBAI DREAM

When Mukesh Ambani, the fourth-richest man in the world, is home, he can be a homebody for the rest of his life. His new place in Mumbai, dubbed Antilia, is 27 stories tall, though because each floor is twice the height of a normal one, it looks closer to 60 stories from the outside. It has a 168-car garage, more than 110,000 square feet of floor space, and a permanent 600-person staff. Estimated at more than $1 billion, it’s probably the world’s most expensive home.

LEAVE IT TO PUBLIC TELEVISION

FINALLY

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Washington, D.C., circa 1905. "Women in Pope-Waverley electric runabout." 

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Volt is an electric car that can create its own electricity. Plug it in, let it charge overnight, and it's ready to run on a pure electric charge for up to 40 miles - gas and emissions free. After that, Volt keeps going, even if you can't plug it in. Volt uses a range-extending gas generator that produces enough energy to power it for hundreds of miles on a single tank of gas. 

Discrimination? Certainly Not!

SPIRAL EXTRAORDINAIRE

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Scientists have yet to discover what caused the strange spiral structure. Nor do they know why it glows. The glow may be caused by light reflected from nearby stars. As for the spiral itself, current supposition is that this is the result of a star in a binary star system entering the planetary nebula phase, when its outer atmosphere is ejected. Given the expansion rate of the spiral gas, a new layer must appear about every 800 years, a close match to the time it takes for the two stars to orbit each other. The above image was taken in near-infrared light by the Hubble Space Telescope. 

WALT WOULD AGREE

SCHOOL DAYS

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Dogs ride the bus to Totally Dog Day Center in Miami, Florida on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. Up to 25 dogs a day board the yellow school bus for their ride to the five-acre fully fenced doggy playground complete with a bone shaped swimming pool. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter) #

MANIPULATING NATURE

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Two same-age salmon, one a genetically modified salmon (rear), the other a non-genetically modified salmon (foreground) appear in this photo provided by AquaBounty Technologies. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recently been studying whether to approve marketing a genetically engineered animal as safe for people to eat. (AP Photo/AquaBounty Technologies) 

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Genetically engineered angelfish (Pterophyllum) glow in a tank under a blacklight, at a fish farm in Pingtung, southern Taiwan on September 16, 2010. The fish are the world's first fluorescent angelfish which were created by a joint project between Taiwan's Academia Sinica and Jy Lin, a private biotechnology company. The breed is the largest fluorescent fish in the world which are able to mate and reproduce, said Yu-Ho Lin, Chairman of Jy Lin. The fish are expected to be sold at around $30 after certification. (REUTERS/Pichi Chuang) 

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An overall view of a massive fish kill in the Bayou Chaland area of Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana is pictured in this handout photograph taken on September 10, 2010. The cause of the fish kill has not yet been determined, but the area they were discovered in was impacted by oil from the BP oil spill. Among the fish dead were pogie fish, redfish, shrimp, crabs and freshwater eels. (REUTERS/P. J. Hahn/Plaquemines Parish Coastal Zone Management) #

REMEMBER THESE ?

Fortune Teller Penny Scale

usa
1940's
penny scale with mirror

Price
$1,200

Condition*
good - original condition

Measurements
height: 5 ft. 6 in.
depth: 25 in.
width/length: 17 in.

Specifications
Number of items: 1
Materials/Techniques: cast iron
Creator: watling

Photography
provided by 1stdibs

Location
Lillian August Designs
32 Knight Street
Norwalk, CT 06851
USA

Phone: 203-847-1596 x3009

E-Mail: jweiss@lillianaugust.com

Dealer Ref. : 1235564
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