Tungurahua by San Gato Photography | Cat Smith on Flickr.
Dewpoint by ecstaticist on Flickr.
untitled by alittleblackegg on Flickr.
This is how I’d play chess
I HAVE NEVER LOVED A VIDEO SO DEARLY
HOLY SH*T
Isn’t this how everyone plays
We never sit here under the weight of all this air, the 5 x 10^18 kg of atmosphere that sits above everyone on Earth, and say “Gosh, that sure is heavy!”
You don’t realize just how powerful that 1 bar (~100 kPa) of pressure is until a train car is filled with steam, allowed to cool, and then implodes ohmygod did that just happen?
For more implosion goodness, check out this awesome video from Veritasium.
" The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it. "
Lord Macaulay (via quotedojo)
11 of the Weirdest Solutions to the Fermi Paradox
Most people take it for granted that we have yet to make contact with an extraterrestrial civilization. Trouble is, the numbers don’t add up. Our Galaxy is so old that every corner of it should have been visited many, many times over by now. No theory to date has satisfactorily explained away this Great Silence, so it’s time to think outside the box. Here are eleven of the weirdest solutions to the Fermi Paradox.
" Generally the theories we believe we call facts, and the facts we disbelieve we call theories. "
Felix Cohe (via quotedojo)
The beautiful Netherlands Kinderdijk 5:00 AM by Paul Santon on Flickr.
MarinaScape by Suhail09s on Flickr.
A solitude shot of Yanbu marina.
