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Sean Michael Jones A World of Tropical Nature Aug 22, 2:10 PM  The Colours of the Tropics Soft hazy light is what you need to create great macro images, so if its hot and sticky your half way there, just finish things off with a cool looking subject like this Heliconia, and a background full of sumptuous Bokeh. An image that I captured on a gorgeous morning at the Lake Park, Kuala Lumpur. #photography #landscape #nature #flowers
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Geekscape of the Day: Aeger Industries Outpost Artist: Sergei Sarichev Visit: http://bit.ly/2wsxcsu . Want more? Visit us over at http://geekscapes.com and see all of the archives and subscribe via RSS so you never miss an image! Have a listen to our Geek Questioner Podcast! Our latest episode: https://geekquestioner.com/current #scifi #base #moon #planet #alien #space #dark #gsotd #gsotd2017
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Amazing solar eclipse in the night Sky! 21st August on 2017
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You can now pre-order an Unlocked Essential Phone via Best Buy or Essential's website. And yes, Amazon, too! #Android #Essential http://drd.life/2wBcsyf Unlocked Essential Phone Pre-Orders Open on Best Buy and Essential's Website | Droid Life
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NASA's EPIC View of 2017 Eclipse Across America Animation of DSCOVR satellite's observations of moon's shadow on Earth's surface From a million miles out in space, NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) captured 12 natural color images of the moon’s shadow crossing over North America on Aug. 21, 2017. EPIC is aboard NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR), where it photographs the full sunlit side of Earth every day, giving it a unique view of total solar eclipses. EPIC normally takes about 20 to 22 images of Earth per day, so this animation appears to speed up the progression of the eclipse. Credit: NASA EPIC Team
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These are our most favorite home offices we've seen by far! http://bit.ly/2utVqNQ Editors' Picks: Our Favorite Home Offices Ever
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I am the primary keeper for most of the Zoo’s turtles and tortoises. Turtles and tortoises come in all shapes and sizes, and live in many different environments all over the world. Here at Zoo Atlanta, we have many different species of turtles and tortoises, most of which are considered endangered. These are just a few of the species I am lucky enough to care for! (Left to right, flowerback box turtle, Barbour’s map turtle, spotted turtle, Arakan forest turtle, Mexican box turtle, Burmese star tortoise, impressed tortoise, radiated tortoise, McCord’s box turtle) #TakeoverTuesday – Sara Porter, Keeper I, Herpetology
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Astronomical instruments used in Sobral, Brazil during 1919 eclipse to help confirm Einstein's theory of relativity, vi@phalpern.
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OTD in 2004: + European Space Agency, ESA 's Mars Express snaps highest res images so far of Mars moon Phobos from less than 200 km.
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How ISS astronauts saw the eclipse http://bit.ly/2wuiLnP Images of the moon's shadow on Earth.
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Light Echoes from V838 Mon What caused this outburst of V838 Mon? For reasons unknown, star V838 Mon's outer surface suddenly greatly expanded with the result that it became the brightest star in the entire Milky Way Galaxy in January 2002. Then, just as suddenly, it faded. A stellar flash like this had never been seen before - supernovas and novas expel matter out into space. Although the V838 Mon flash appears to expel material into space, what is seen in the above image from the Hubble Space Telescope is actually an outwardly moving light echo of the bright flash. In a light echo, light from the flash is reflected by successively more distant rings in the complex array of ambient interstellar dust that already surrounded the star. V838 Mon lies about 20,000 light years away toward the constellation of the unicorn (Monoceros), while the light echo above spans about six light years in diameter. Image Credit: NASA, ESA
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Scientists have synthesized new liquid-crystalline photochrom August 21, 2017 LCD texture observed in a polarization-optical microscope. Credit: Alexey Bobrovsky Chemists at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, in collaboration with Czech partners, have synthesized and studied new liquid-crystal photochromic polymers. These polymers combine optical properties of liquid crystals with mechanical properties of polymers. They quickly change molecular orientation under the influence of external fields and form coatings, films and details of complex shape. An important advantage of such systems in comparison with low-molecular-mass liquid crystals is that at room temperature, liquid-crystal polymers exist in a glass-like state, with fixed molecular orientation. Liquid-crystal polymers comprise molecules with high molecular mass, called macromolecules. They are comb-shaped, which implies that photosensitive rigid azobenzene fragments (C 6 H 5 N=NC 6 H 5 ) are attached to t...